- Forecasting, Humor, Miscellanea, Inventions
Offers a whimsical look at the science behind the great inventions and technology promised in science fiction films and literature that still do not exist, covering everything from food pills and moon colonies to hoverboards and robot servants.
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Warm, spare, cool and comic.
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Daniel H. Wilson
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 196
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA, Blackstone Audio Inc.
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781596911369
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