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

[phil-boswell.livejournal.com]

Could what they mean by "mundane SF" be a story where the SF element is not the central focus?

Could you describe J.D. Robb's "In Death" stories as such? They're set in the near future (about half-way through this current century) and there are some SFnal elements, but the central focus is on the law-enforcement career and personal life of Dallas the protagonist.