> The quality overall has increased significantly. Pretty painful to try to read eg Asimov nowadays I wouldn't go that far, Asimov is still awesome, with all t

> The quality overall has increased significantly. Pretty painful to try to read eg Asimov nowadays I wouldn't go that far, Asimov is still awesome, with all the weaknesses that have always been in his works but with all the strengths, too. That said, I agree that the SF/Fantasy scene has gotten some really amazing works lately. I don't agree with all the Hugo winners of the last few years, but that's because we have so much good competition lately :)