 By this time, "space opera" was for many readers no longer a term of insult but a simple description of a particular kind of science fiction adventure story.According to author Paul J. McAuley, a number of mostly British writers began to reinvent space opera in the 1970s (although most non-British critics tend to dispute the British claim to dominance in the new space opera arena).Significant events in this process include the publication of M. John Harrison's "The Centauri Device" in 1975 and a "call to arms" editorial by David Pringle and Colin Greenland in the Summer 1984 issue of "Interzone"; and the financial success of "Star Wars", which follows some traditional space opera conventions.