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Originally Posted by Phogg
I submit an alternative hypothesis:
Science fiction has been legitimate since Jules Verne.
Academics in general looked like gibbering asses regarding the genre until a few of them realized how they must appear to the public in the wake of George Lucas' tremendous success with Star Wars. Those few undertook an effort to reform the outlook of their profession to remove themselves from the ridicule they had become aware of.
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Bgalbrecht was posting *a joke*.
There has been serious academic criticism (in the sense of literary criticism) of sf since at least the 60's.