BTW, who said an SF future must be utopian OR dystopian? Personally, I prefer reading about futures which are neither. In Peter Hamilton's, Larry Niven's, Alastair Reynolds' stories set centuries from now there is still social inequality, crime, terrorism, conspiracy theories, religious nuts and airhead heiresses, but most people exist in neither bliss nor despair, mostly just minding their own business. IOW, not too different from present. With certain differences, of course: "Life is a *****, and then you rejuvenate and do it all over again!" is how one Hamilton's character defines middle-class rut.

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