No offense to Dracho, but the seperation of sci-fi into so many 'subgenres' is one of the things wrong with it at the moment, and one of the better things about the original ST is that it took place before all that nonsense.
TOS had 'regular' sci-fi, space opera, sci-fi as social/political commentary, horror, comedy, etc. Much like the Twilight Zone, you never knew quite what you were gonna get from week to week. That's something they need for any new series that's been lacking for a long time.
So no disqualifying authors because they write 'this kind' of sci-fi.