Death of science fiction predicted again

[del_c]

Now the Hugos have been awarded at Denvention, it's time for the annual moaning about the ageing of science fiction. Using nhw's data, I graphed the birth dates of Hugo and Nebula winners before, and I've graphed the median ages here:

Comments

[beamjockey]

I'm sitting here admiring this.

[del_c]

Thank you!

[heleninwales]

*Admires graphs*

You're right. The most striking event is the narrowing of the age range in the 80s. Otherwise, as you say, these trends just tend to go up and down. I don't think we need to start wailing and gnashing our teeth yet.