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Is it possible that in the distant future, President George W. Bush, the 43rd president, might be viewed as one of the greatest American Presidents?

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RE: He's right, though

Comment comment by scottb on 07 February 2008

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 by NomadSoul :: NR6

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.

True. I've heard a lot of pessimism, but it is possible to see some new faces out there. One concern is that once you write a successful book, your publishers want you to right that book over and over again.

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