I love tales that describe the author's vision of a positive near future, ~50 to ~500 years.
I love tales that describe the author's vision of medium distant futures, ~1000 to ~5000 years, good or bad.
Some tales feature technology that is the result of yet undiscovered physics exceptions/niches that will create/allow FTL travel and other mystical/magic stuff.
This weeks re-read is https://storiesonline.net/s/61329/tj-amp-morg
May be a premium only tale for your subscription level. Dunno.
But it is good. Really good!
A very worthy escape from this 2025 ugly reality. Read and escape. Yeah, it is that good.