Taking the form of an extended mission message to earth from an intergalactic exploratory mission, Becky Chambers' #scifi novella, To be Taught if Fortunate (2019), is a quick read. While lacking narrative fireworks its a pleasing matter-of-fact description of space exploration & the ethical dilemmas it will encounter. While ultimately rather melancholy, it is an interesting afternoon's read if you like procedural #speculativefiction @bookstodon
I suppose there is also Ken McLeod, Dorris Lessing or Le Guin.
But this is a hanfull of writers. I've always thought modern #sci-fi is coloured this way partly because early US sci-fi became popular during and after the great depression
But the remorseless backdrop of ultra liberal capitalism can be damaging. Just look what it has done to #Musk.