AFAICT by my inventory, only 2 kinds of stories allow you to properly tackle infinite-game themes: space sci-fi and murder mysteries.
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James Carse, finite and infinite games. One of my top 5 all time recos.
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is another maybe the 'individual in the byzantine state' exploration (Kafka, Bend Sinister, Hopscotch, Brazil, etc.)?
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space-fi can handle immortality/very long time frames themes directly without appeal to supernatural. Just read Deepness in Sky
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