![]() ![]() ![]() Or everyday Space Shuttle flights, space elevators, factories in orbit, or massive domed cities, let alone an Olympics on the Moon (predicted for 2020). So no, our houses don’t yet have automated servants handing out trays of drinks, and there aren’t robotic forest firefighters. And you can certainly play that game with the Book of the Future, subtitled A Trip in Time to the Year 2000 and Beyond. ![]() Nothing dates as fast as ideas about the future. Written by Kenneth Gatland and David Jefferis, it was published in 1979, and it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. “That’s how each of the three sections (robots, cities, space travel!) of The Usborne Book of the Future begins. You’ll hopefully get the idea of the book from this - let me know what you think! Here’s the draft preface to the book I’ve completed recently (it’s currently out to publishers and agents for consideration). ![]()
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