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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 2236585" data-attributes="member: 15651">I have never liked the comparison of the works of top-tier authors such as LeGuin or Asimov to the writing of TV shows like Star Trek.  If you could have asked those authors to pen a script for a show that will last one hour (less with commercials), that will capture your audience quickly and will explore interesting topics in a way that is accessible to a large number of people.  You will probably find that they would have been hard pressed to succeed.There is little risk to exploring a difficult topic with the written word - the costs to produce a book are much lower than to produce a TV show.  With a book you can take several pages to expound upon topics and explain concepts - TV does not have that luxury.  It is such a different medium that it is hard to make comparisons.I would contend that the current state of Science Fiction television has benefitted as much from the Star Trek franchise as it has from quality science fiction novels as well as the maturation of the audience.I am not a huge Star Trek fan, I lost a lot of interest after DS 9 went off the air, but I would not say that it no longer has a place in modern science fiction.  I do think the franchise could do better than it has recently, but then again, so can Orson Scott Card.</blockquote>