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May I introduce you to the "hopepunk" genre? https://www.google.com/search?q=hopepunk&oq=hopepunk&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l9.1088j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=hopepunk&oq=hopepunk&aqs=chr... Kim Robinson's Mars series stands out as a seminal example. Also one of his Three Californias triptych is a classic hopepunk story. Looking over https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/hopepunk https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/hopepunk there's a lot I'm not familiar with, but can attest to the fundamentally optimistic takes in Andy Weir's The Martian and Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries.