Presumably you've seen this:

"Rambling, offensive – and unbeatable: beam me up, old-school sci-fi

Now that science fiction is respectable, it's lost almost all of the conceptual craziness and dubious sexual politics that made it both fanboy bait and of genuine interest"

written by novelist Sandra Newman for the Guardian's Books Blog (http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jun/17/old-school-sci-fi-sandra-newman).

Sigh.

Love, C.