I'd argue science fiction fundamentally isn't about futurology, it's always about today. "The Space Merchants" still feels relevant because it's about the rise

I'd argue science fiction fundamentally isn't about futurology, it's always about today. "The Space Merchants" still feels relevant because it's about the rise of multinationals, and they're still around. (England Made Me is about the same thing, but isn't science fiction.) "Rebel in Time" is about contemporary racism. "Grass", well, Grass is about a lot of things and it's hard to summarize but "Sideshow" is about our attitudes to religion and "the other". Equally, for all of the 80s hairdos, Blade Runner is about the classic science fiction question of who gets to be human. And so I'd argue it hasn't really dated at all.