What sort of themes, story beats and general all-round concepts do you like to see (or would like to see) in science fiction?
The less derivative bullshit, the better.
more aliens that are actually aliens in the sense of being products of evolution (hence hyper-predatorial and competitive), and it not being necessary that they are soy-loving peaceful trekkies whose politics mimics some fat purple haired weirdo from bushwick
sadness in space