All the fantasy/sci-fi fiction of Jack Vance
Two types of stories. The stoic hero. And a sort of picaresque, a humorous mostly incompetent villian.

Believeable fantastic worlds told in so few words. 2D characters whom sounded intelligent making it more a place a person might want to escape to. A unique sort of escapism actually. Something none other has quite managed. Not much plot. Not much relevant social critique. The stoic hero seems to suggest libertarianism. Not sure about Vance's political views, although Thom Hartman (far left) dedicated a book to Jack and his wife.

Righting an injustice doesn't really keep these books going because the heroes are so stoic they hardly seemed touched by anything. I suppose there is just enough of a hint of righting injustice combined with beautiful worlds combined with the steel-like stoicism. There isn't really some great vague wonder. It's mainly the world and learning more of it. No one else makes a world keep the pages turning quite the same.

The picaresques have beautiful worlds combined with light comedy.