Okay Mastodon hivemind...
I am currently looking for a few new more contemporary SciFi novels. The caveat however is that I don't want the things that are currently trending.
So no Isekai. No LitRPG. No cultivation stories. No Hard Men making Hard Decisions while Hard. No grimdark disguised as'realism'. No 'everyone is always horrible to everyone else'. No Dark Forrest...
I want stories where things are optimistic and are getting better. I am okay with gray scales...