Tasha> Once upon a time, all we writers bought that argument: that Lucas
and Roddenbury and their ilk were good for the field, because millions
of juvenile readers would eventually grow up and graduate to Good Stuff.
Didn't happen. Science fiction's sales are down, and every Trekbook and
Wookiebook, no matter how poorly-conceived and hideously-written, becomes
a runaway bestseller. They didn't gruduate to sf; they just got older,
richer, and more demanding.
-- Mike Resnick
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