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.
kim stanley robinson's mars trilogy or his newer 2312.
plot spoilers below to explain:
spoiler
mars trilogy ends with capitalism collapsing in on itself and a global conflict of various democratic socialist and marxist nations fighting a world war against massive transnational corporations and kicking the shit out of them and democratizing the remaining ones. mars stays kind of anarcho-martian. there are tons of socialist characters.
2312 has capitalism is a peripheral entity that runs only luxury goods and basically serves the same role as sports gambling. it basically exists on the frontiers only. most of the solar system has a AI driven planned economy and a system modeled on the spanish mondragon co-op
I've seen good things about Ministry of The Future. Ecoterrorists using drones to down all non-ecofriendly air traffic comes to mind, but I don't know if it fits within OPs parameters.
i really need to read that. i haven't read any of KSR's recent stuff. i was going to buy a copy but it had "FAVORITE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA" or something splashed on the cover and i kind of wreched. hard to believe he would read something so based.
Same. I'm sure his social media manager or something have given him a cliffnotes version.