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

[klingonguy.livejournal.com]

As you know from the timeline in the galleys, the Amazing Conroy stories are currently up to the year 2091, and I've always considered him to "near future."

As for appropriate topics, I think they're the same ones that have always been appropriate: commenting on human motivations and the human condition, preferably with style and wit and a willingness to laugh at yourself.

At least, that's my take on things.