Crossing The Mire

 I dreamed we had to get across the Great Grimpen Mire. You could tell it was a mire because it was purple and glittered. Crossing it was easier than you might think. We weren't wearing boots but that didn't really matter because there were all these submerged tree trunks and so long as you trod on them you'd keep out of the worst of the mud. To our surprise we were over it in no time.

Tenses

 I remember being told that writing fiction in the present tense was a cheap trick and the responsible writer didn't go there- except, perhaps, for effect in scenes of heightened emotion or suspense. These days writing in the present tense is the norm- all the thriller writers I'm reading do it- all the time, as a matter of course- and it's passages written in the past tense that draw attention to themselves. 

I've no idea when the change occurred. Is it a 21st century thing? Is there gain? Is there loss? Philosophically I'm happy with it: if you believe everything is happening in an eternal present then it becomes the obvious thing to do...

Has anyone ever written a novel in the future tense? Would it be feasible? Could it be done in a way that wasn't annoying?