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RE: He's right, though
I don't know if it's fair for Sawyer to blame Lucas for all of this--it seems more systemic than that.
No, Lucas doesn't deserve much blame for it. The idea that SciFi is for kids was there long before he came along - that's why Star Wars had the Ewoks. Same with animation - the money in Hollywood assumes animation is for kids, even when it's patently not, like South Park.
I wouldn't care so much except that it's getting very hard to even publish an SF book these days--publishers are much more risk averse than they used to be, so it's hard for new writers to break into the field, and almost as hard to stay there.
I'm not sure I buy that. I see a ton of new writers on the shelf. Jim Butcher, Laurell K. Hamilton, China Mieville. There's certainly a lot more competition, though, so you it takes work to stay on the shelf, I'd bet.
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RE: He's right, though
Too true--it's all about what they think they can sell, and unfortunately, the type of science fiction accepted by a mass audience is cheap thrills. I don't know if it's fair for Sawyer to blame Lucas for all of this--it seems more systemic than that. Whenever something is reduced to "entertainment" it falls to the lowest common denominator.
I wouldn't care so much except that it's getting very hard to even publish an SF book these days--publishers are much more risk averse than they used to be, so it's hard for new writers to break into the field, and almost as hard to stay there.
Don't count on it. I'm closer to fifty than forty, and I still abuse myself with Flash Gordon each week, as awful as it is.
LOL--well, I guess that curiosity never goes away. There's worse vices to have, to be sure.
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