Not just these editors though - quite a few of them have caught the disease. And they had to have the material to select - some of these apocalyptic stories came from authors whose work I know well and I haven't seen this type of story from before.

There was also a whole bit I composed in my head but didn't commit to electrons about these editors being from the USA and so that it was more a national reflection than a global one. In fact the collection seems more American-centric than previous ones. I'm seeing similar trends in novels from American authors too.