7. A step forward because Star Wars, as creak as it looks now, integrated special effects into storytelling with a new verve & plausibility
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8. Two step backs because Star Wars lacked either the extrapolative rigor of hard SF or the avante garde ambitions of New Wave SF.
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9. In terms of literary SF, Star Wars belonged to a tradition that had been disdained since the 1930s by genre elite: the space opera.
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@JustineLavaworm My subsequent tweets (written before I saw this) take up issue.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JustineLavaworm Sure, space opera always had niche, but it was generally disdained. Book "Space Opera Renaissance" talks about this.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@JustineLavaworm Like I said, "Space Opera Renaissance" talks about shifting fortunes of sub-genre.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@JustineLavaworm Also, Astounding/Analog in its own way disdained Planet Story type Space Opera.
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