The Bottom Line
Pros
- Well written and easy to understand.
- Very good use of images to illustrate information.
- A nice trip down science fiction memory lane.
- Very interesting to learn where some initial concepts originated.
Cons
- None
Description
- Soft cover format.
- Written by three well-known authors.
- Covers 50 different inventions.
Guide Review - You Call This The Future?
Authored by Nick Sagan, Mark Frary and Andy Walker, You Call This The Future? The Greatest Inventions Sci-Fi Imagined and Science Promised is quite an enjoyable read and sure to stir some interesting conversations. . Nick Sagan is the son of Carl Sagan and has previously written science fiction novels. Mark Frary is a well-known science and technology writer. Andy Walker is also a well-known technology writer.
I grew up watching Star Trek, Star Wars and other science fiction programs, in addition to reading plenty of science fiction books and was fascinated by the thought that when I was an adult that perhaps I’d be living on the Moon or some other distant planet.
That hasn’t happened yet but plenty of other ideas and inventions that I watched and read about have. That is the focus of You Call This The Future? This books includes relevant tie-ins to science fiction books, stories, movies or television programs, scientific history and reality of these inventions.
The book isn’t written just to appeal to those with scientific backgrounds, rather for everyone to read and even enjoy learning which inventions have now become realities in daily lives.
If you wish you can read it cover to cover but I enjoyed flipping through and finding inventions and concepts that I remembered hearing about when I was younger.
It is interesting to note that many of the inventions referenced in this book are precisely what makes it possible to work remotely and in effect had set the foundation for mobile office technology.
Without spoiling all the information in the book it is fun to learn how far back some of these inventions were originally conceived and how they have played out in reality today.