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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Different folks have different definitions but not every story featuring soldiers or even war is Military SF.
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I could easily be wrong but it was my impression that they objected to SEEING
any military reference while looking on Baen (for what little they do have).
As catsittingstill said
"Sure you can find non-military stuff on Baen, but you have to look for it...."
So maybe they just dislike having to see any "military" references.
And as you say
"Ultimately it really doesn't matter what the stuff is called; just whether it is good writing. And BAEN does have a lot of it.".
And Baen has a lot of my money.
In Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer you will see the American government and the military are bad. I'm used to seeing that kind of stuff.
The book, though, is otherwise very good.
Many authors use the military background of a character as shorthand to say “here is a capable person”.
Others say “I emote, therefore I exist, and I have relevance. I am as good as anyone.”
Saying that a military, or ex-military person, would be better at handling adversity is anathema to an emotoid.