The Sad State of Science Fiction Today

To the readers of my blog I am a huge science fiction buff, but even I see disturbing trends regarding the literature of the imagination
Fewer, and Fewer works of visionary genius are being produced these days. Back in the day Science fiction had legitimate visionarys. The genre had writers like HG Wells, Jules Verne, Phillip K Dick, Isaac Asimov, Bob Heinlein and Arthur C Clarke. Sadly most of the writers on this list are dead. Most moder writers are writing what I call Shit Lit. These are utterly unimaginative watered down creations. Mostly they are writing either mediocre Media tie in products things like Star Wars or Star Trek related stories. Or modern writers are writing voluminous bad but utterly unoriginal fantasy novels. With the exception of Harry Potter most of modern fantasy is just recycling the Lord of the Rings in various ways. It is not original please refrain from writing it. There are a few visionaries still left in science fiction but sadly they are in the minority. These would include writers like Ray Bradbury. But the later, being Bradbury is an acknowledged master storyteller. He is more the exception than the rule. This is just some food for thought concerning the literature I cherish.