Just a quick suggestion from Patty Jansen on modern Science Fiction, and how to deal with this:
Complaints are plenty: Science Fiction is a navelgazing genre stuck in the past, populated by middle-aged white men. Science Fiction is about to die out, become irrelevant.Yatida, you know the schtick.
Check it out here: http://pattyjansen.com/blog/what-science-fiction-needs-to-do-to-stay-relevant/