In a 2002 essay, Chabon decried the state of modern short fiction (including his own), saying that, with rare exceptions, it consisted solely of "the contemporary, quotidian, plotless, moment-of-truth revelatory story." In an apparent reaction against these "plotless sparkling with epiphanic dew," Chabon's post-2000 work has been marked by an increased interest in genre fiction and plot. While "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" was, like "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" and "Wonder Boys", an essentially realistic, contemporary novel (whose plot happened to revolve around comic-book superheroes), Chabon's subsequent works—such as "The Final Solution", his dabbling with comic-book writing, and the "swashbuckling adventure" of "Gentlemen of the Road"—have been almost exclusively devoted to mixing aspects of genre and literary fiction. Perhaps the most notable example of this is "The Yiddish Policemen's Union", which won five genre awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. Chabon seeks to "annihilate" not the genres themselves, but the bias against certain genres of fiction such as fantasy, science fiction and romance.