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I would say my reading "tastes" have not changed. From the moment I moved from the standard fare of beginner reading into my first science fiction book, I have been hooked and have hardly veered from that course other than a foray into the side worlds of horror. And my horror reads still have to contain some undertone of the science fiction and/or fantasy to them. Give me monsters and beasts and aliens wrecking havoc over standard serial killers and homicidal maniacs any day.
Now, saying that re-reading a book loved in one's younger-years and finding it less than palatable now does not necessarily mean a "taste" change. As you mature and your learning evolves with the current knowledge of the day, or your view of the world becomes more influenced with current society trends, you may find yourself at odds with these earlier treasured works.
Personally, many of my earlier favored science fiction works do seem a little outdated now. I still enjoy them, but what was considered cutting-edge and visionary in a lot of them are more mundane and sometimes outright wrong (several short-stories refer to the Milky Way galaxy as our "universe" and that there are hundreds more "universes" around us). Some of this can be overlooked easily and the story still be as powerful and some cannot. This is not an issue of "taste" but more of an issue of personal perspective.
That being said, no matter how much society pushes it on us, I will never be a fan of "sparkly vampires". Give me Dracula or Salem's Lot any day.
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