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Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions that Came True
by
Thomas A. Easton ,
Judith Klein-Dial , Edgar Allan Poe, H.G. Wells, Cleve Cartmill, Robert Sheckley, Jeff Hecht, Murray Leinster
,
more…
A fascinating collection of fiction-turned-reality tales. Long before movies like Minority Report and The Matrix, the world’s writers have been recording the future as it might exist—and as it turns out, they were right. This bizarre anthology collects the most stunning predictions and imagined inventions here for the first time. Visions of Tomorrow includes “The Land Iron...more
Paperback, 313 pages
Published
July 8th 2010
by Skyhorse Publishing
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Man, there's some cool stuff in here. Maybe not a ton of FANTASTIC stories, but to see, you know, Google and the Internet conceived of in a story from the 50's is pretty neat. I also liked seeing how these writers wrote in how society changes as a result of these technology, and all the little fiddly bits that would go along with the advent of these new items.
This was really good. There are some classic stories I've heard about but never before read. Only one of the stories I remembered (the one by Sheckley, since I do enjoy his short stories).
Dec 28, 2010
Carolyn
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After reading a couple of the stories, found that they weren't to my tastes, so moved on to other books that had to be read quickly because they were due back at the library.
Nothing bad to say about this book, rather enjoyed the Foreword, just not enough time in the day to spend it forcing myself to read a book, especially when I have a pile of tbr's screaming 'read me' in my room. = )
Nothing bad to say about this book, rather enjoyed the Foreword, just not enough time in the day to spend it forcing myself to read a book, especially when I have a pile of tbr's screaming 'read me' in my room. = )
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Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides
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I felt like reading the information about the stories was more interesting than reading the stories themselves.
On my booklist for a course that I will be teaching in the Spring. It's about science fiction writing as prophecy (creative problem solving!)
Really enjoyed seeing how far we've come, and not.
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