Smart Pop: Science Fiction after Star Wars, and what about M/M?

Another long post.  Sorry.  Feeling philosophical.

Today's free essay on Smart Pop Books is by the fantasy and science fiction author Tanya Huff, and deals with the effect of Star Wars on science fiction publishing.  It's an interesting take, pointing out that the success of those movies had a significant impact not only on the popularity of science fiction in general, but on the stylistic elements of the genre and, more to my point here, the publishers themselves.  Basically it boils down to ...