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Blame ‘Star Wars’ if You Think Science Fiction Is Brain Dead
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The huge success of the George Lucas franchise has convinced Hollywood and audiences that sci-fi need be no more than action movies in space. Sci-fi authors beg to differ.
Lewis Beale
Published
Dec. 15 2017
5:00AM EST
David James/Lucasfilm
Lewis Beale
lbeale_2000@yahoo.com
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