Daydreaming about crazy, hi-tech future worlds is not just the preserve of children, as shown in this entertaining book, which showcases the predictions made about the 20th century, from cities orbiting earth, to 150-year life spans and weather on demand. Light, funny and easy to read, it makes you appreciate the wild, endless optimism about human endeavor.
Your Flying Car Awaits by Paul Milo
Reviewed by: Mathew
Book Review: ‘Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything,’ by Colette Shade
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In a vibrant collection of “essays on the future that never was,” Colette
Shade takes a cold look at the cheery promise of the 2000s.
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