reallykindasorta comments on The disappearance of sci-fi writing is yet another clear sign of technological decline. It's the final surrender of a society that has lost its collective belief in its power to build a better future.

The disappearance of sci-fi writing is yet another clear sign of technological decline. It's the final surrender of a society that has lost its collective belief in its power to build a better future. (www.datawrapper.de)

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 31 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Fantasy has increased as a share of the total books coming out but as an avid sci-fi reader I disagree that there’s significantly less sci-fi around than in the past, there’s just a lot more fantasy.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 8 months ago

A lot of sci-fi read as fantasy, including a lot of the competent man genre.

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