A poll for science fiction masses

[kinzel]

As someone who went to Clarion West thirty five years ago I'm participating in this years Clarion West Write-a-Thon ... see my page at: http://www.clarionwest.org/events/writeathon/SteveMiller

alas, my stated goal is to write a new near-future science fiction story and now it turns out that the phrase "near future" creates different expectations for different people. So, I need help figuring out what's near future. I also hear that all near future sf "should be mundane" but ... I dunno.

What's your take:

[Poll #1209566]

Comments

[anghara.livejournal.com]

I can take the so-called mundane SF in small doses - but beyond a given (fairly low) threshold it starts to feel more like mainstream-wannabe-science-fiction than a particular KIND of science fiction deliberately crafted in a certain manner or wise. Like Charlie said, it mostly frustrates me.