Maybe Upton Sinclair’s more up your alley, even if his Californian socialist utopia fever dreams in the epilogue of The Jungle make me do this emoji face in real life

I mean, what even is the point of being a socialist if you're not at least a little bit Utopian? Why go through the work if you don't see a light at the end of the tunnel? Yeah, I do like Sinclair more than Steinbeck, if for no other reason than he dreamed a bit bigger. Also a big Kim Stanley Robinson fan for this reason. Ursula LeGuin, too. And if I'm looking to scratch the pure fantasy itch, Brian Sanderson does a good job of promising you a brighter future more often than not.