[anymouse]

I noted this 10 years ago, when I attended the WorldCon in San Francisco (talk about "Stranger in a Strange Land" :). Although looking back, it is obvious that this trend has been happening since the 1970s.

[Eala]

Although looking back, it is obvious that this trend has been happening since the 1970s.

My assessment also. First it was the dystopic visions of the late 60s to early 70s, where the future changed from something wonderful to something horrible. Then the junk that turned away altogether -- I was furious when I bought the latest award-winner, "Of Mist, and Sand and Grass" by Vonda McIntyre (this is straight from memory so I might have part of it wrong) and found out what junk it was.

These days I tend to buy the annual Year's Best anthologies, and otherwise read from the collection gathered over the past 40 years.