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by SideburnsOfDoom 4325 days ago
I agree. Authors write all kinds of fiction; some of it sells better than others, then authors look at what sells. It's a market with feedback.

The interesting question is not "what should authors write?" but "why does dystopia sell so well nowadays?"

Or as Chuck Palahniuk put it: "When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?"