Any good sci-fi out there that isn't apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, or some form of capitalism in the future? You know, some kind of portrayal of a better world is possible? Star Trek is an obvious one but I'm scratching my head trying to think of other examples.
banks was stoked to get those drug glands implanted! i forget which book but i know there is reference to Earth getting a first contact package of some kind long after the designation of Earth as a sort of hands off control group in the 1970s. maybe 2030s or even later? earth gets the "prime directive" treatment until then so we better bring about global communism because i want my genderfluid FALSAC