the answer can be glimpses in Tom's thread - Edit 1
Before modification by imlad at 03/12/2009 05:22:08 PM
This one linked below. His argument seems only support the anti-Science Fiction snobs that keep it from being taken seriously as literature. When I read his post, it sure seemed to lump crap like Star Wars or Star Trek novels together with authors like Philip K Dick, Heinlein, Asimov, Ellison and such.