Then drink bottles of ripple, and have ripple kipple. We used to joke living in SF not far from where the book was set. Earth Abides is cool too if one knows the area in Berkeley where it is set.
Favorite of favorites is Traveller Cepheus Kosmic from far future with psi and nobles to my own near future gritty without, I like it. It's different than D&D, which I like also, as well as BRP games like Call of Cthulhu.