The Pattern of Expectation, 1644-2001

by Ignatius Frederick Clarke

First U.S. edition. Book is fine, dj has light fading to the upper edges else fine.

344 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1979

About the author

Ignatius Frederick "Ian" Clarke was a British scholar and professor of English, known for his work on science fiction as a bibliographer, historian and editor, and also, with his wife Margaret, as a translator of early French science fiction.

Reviews

[Richard]

This book is about expectations and speculation about the future. I.e., sort of a history of predictions for the future: scientific, social, etc. Including sci-fi and non-fiction predicttions, etc. I found it quite fascinating when I read it, in the late 1980s.