Sci-fi is vanishing: Nobody wants to buy the future anymore

Only 12% of readers are interested in science fiction. Bestseller lists reveal a decline in new sci-fi, with most sales coming from reprints, classics, and film adaptations. The shift in non-literary media towards adaptations and the grim reality of predicted futures facilitated this decline. New genres like Romantasy, offering escapism, and a move towards non-fiction are also drawing away sci-fi's core readership.