Publisher’s Weekly reports on the growth or decline of various categories in 2014:
| Adult Fiction (unit sales, in thousands) | |||
| Genre | 2013 | 2014 | % change |
| Classics | 7,817 | 7,578 | -3% |
| Fantasy | 8,615 | 7,526 | -13% |
| Graphic Novels | 7,659 | 8,669 | 13% |
| Mystery/Detective | 14,884 | 14,304 | -4% |
| Science Fiction | 4,448 | 4,142 | -7% |
Remember, science fiction was also down 21% in 2013, which means that science fiction unit sales have declined 1,488,000 in just two years. It’s down more than one-quarter in two years and is now only half the size of the Graphic Novel market, which is not only growing, but is presently dominated by men writing and drawing for male customers.
The “women destroy science fiction” meme isn’t even remotely ironic. Women, and the gamma males who cater to them, are literally destroying the adult science fiction and fantasy markets.
To put it in perspective, ONE edition of one of my games sold more copies than the ENTIRE science fiction market sold in print last year.