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Originally Posted by myrrh
It seems that the Science Fiction genre really was formed 30 years ago, and could we be moving away from the ideas of then?
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science fiction was
not formed 30 years ago! Most people credit H.G. Wells with writing the "first" science fiction - "the time machine" (which obviously deals with time travel) was published in 1895.
But one may also see Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" (pub. 1833) as the first science fiction, as it deals with another aspect of science fiction: a "mad scientist" inventing stuff unknown to that time period beforehand.
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Originally Posted by myrrh
This also leads to thinking that if someone were to write a Science Fiction novel today, would it have a different feeling than the ones written in the 60's and 70's.
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science fiction often exaggerates the current state not only of science, but also of social circumstances. Therefore it's only natural for current science fiction writing to reflect the current problems of the world (e.g. world climate & natural catastrophies) and project them into the future.