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Originally Posted by taustin
And that would be because of . . . Star Wars (1977). Prior to SW, SF was a backwater in the movie industry, with "b movie" pretty much defining the genre (with the occasiaonal "arty" film like 2001, which didn't have the kind of marketing appeal of SW).
The publishing industry has followed trends in movies for a long, long time. It's good business.
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Star Wars was first published six months before the movie was released. The author was listed as George Lucas but, was actually written by Alan Dean Foster. I bought it because it sounded like a nice read. It said soon to be a major motion picture but, at the time the book did not sell well. After the movie release they released it again and it hit number one on the NY Times Bestsellers Chart. The book also differed in some respects to the movie. I still have my copy.
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