Found a new favorite sci fi author, recommended by ChatGPT actually - Fredric Brown. He wrote in the pulp era, and some stories have that sense of Zeerust, but his range is really wide. Sometimes he leans into the O'Henry / Twilight Zone twist, but he runs the gamut from weird reality warped vibes like Philip K Dick to playing with Heinlein-like themes to reflecting stuff like Kornbluth/Pohl's "The Space Merchants".
Sometimes his works are so short and to the point they're flash fiction, and for me that's an awesome space for science fiction.
Immortality cannot be derived from one's solitary knowledge of one's greatness.
I'd recommend the 99 cent "Fredric Brown MEGAPACK"
