When I first read Anne McCaffrey's tower and hive series it was Sci Fi... now it seems to be more fantasy/paranormal. I think that the split between SciFi and the sub genres has led to the "statistics" changing.
Perhaps it is the maturing of SciFi into mainstream that has it showing as a reduction... The definition of SciFi seems to have changed. I know that in my library I no longer label my fantasy, paranormal, d&d, steampunk, time travel etc as SciFi.
You know what they say about statistics.
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