Typically the embedded story (at least in the stories I'm familiar with)
Maybe read the three classics dystopian sci-fi:
The Earth Abides
Day of the Triffids
On the Beach
Or just classic scifi:
Anything by Phillip K. Dick
Most things by Robert Heinlein
Or authors of “modern” classics:
William Gibson
John Scalzi
Even Dune is a pretty grim future for all the non-player characters. Never mind Margret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale, McCarthy’s The Road, and Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Maybe read the three classics dystopian sci-fi:
Or just classic scifi: Or authors of “modern” classics: Even Dune is a pretty grim future for all the non-player characters. Never mind Margret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale, McCarthy’s The Road, and Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz.