The World of the Future - Future Cities

Misleading, as the book never discusses wristwatch TVs! It imagines wristwatch phones though, so basically, they predicted cellphones.

Floating around in zero-G = amazing, apparently

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The front cover of a "The World of the Future: Future Cities", from 1979.

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Miss Retro Modern says:

Ahh, now I see! You should put these in the Vintage Science group!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Will S. says:

Good idea; will do! Thanks, MRM!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

tripleman says:

I had this book. Totally forgotten in time...
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

I remember it capturing my imagination; it made me wonder, "What will the future be like? Will it really be like that?" It's interesting, now that we live in the 21st century, to see what predictions were way off, and what were surprisingly accurate; I'd say it was a fairly even mix, all things considered.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Jam - 3songsnoflash.co.uk says:

Wow, I'm pretty sure I had this book, brings back some memories...

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Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Will S. says:

Glad to have helped! :)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

froggyboggler (hibernating) says:

Wonderful! How did I miss seeing this before? Thanks for posting all these great images to the pool...it's really taking shape! (A glassy, spherical shape!)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Will S. says:

You're welcome, FB! My photostream is reasonably sized; there may be more stuff you haven't seen yet; poke around some time!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

loop_it_99 says:

I had this book - you just brought back a flood of memories!
Cheers!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Will S. says:

You, me, and one or two others in this thread alone! It was one of my favourite books for many years, as a kid...
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

tsancio says:

Books like this one made me want to study engineering. Always remember the idea about creating powerplants by using the sea temperature differences plus ammonia turbines or something like that.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Will S. says:

Ah. I can relate; certainly, they had some effect in stimulating me towards studying science.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Mosh el Cabrón says:

I bought the Spanish version of this book when I was a kid. Man, the whole series of those books had some amazing illustrations inside. Thanks for posting it.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Will S. says:

Hey, you're welcome! Oh yeah; I loved those Osbourne books...
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Ian Vanhoof says:

WOW, I also had a copy of this book when I was a boy. My father got it for me when I was 9 or 10 years old. This book along with OMNI Magazine totally had me hooked. My copy, along with all those OMNI magazines got lost when my apartment flooded in the 90s.

THANKS WILL for posting these, it brings back some really good memories of my childhood.

:)
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Will S. says:

Oh, OMNI! I loved that magazine.

You're welcome! :)
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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