[LMB] Science fiction dying out?

[JenL]

On 12/2/07, Ed Burkhead <edburkhead at insightbb.com> wrote:
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> I had a long conversation with a used bookstore owner.
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> He asserted that he expected Science Fiction to die out, more or less
> completely, in the next 10-20 years.  That's based on his observation that
> no one under 50 ever, ever, comes in to look at the SF section of the
> store.


I wonder if it's a self-fulfiling prophecy sort of thing - if I wander into
a bookstore and find a tiny SF section, I go to a different bookstore and
don't go back.  And, if I were to sell them, why would I take my used books
there?  So his tiny SF section is unlikely to grow. . . .

jen