Public Therapy Buses, Information Specialty Bums, Solar Cook-A-Mats and Other Visions of the 21st Century: Third Edition, Unabridged

By Steven M. Johnson

This is the third, unabridged edition of a comics-format book that was first published in 1991. It is essentially the same book as the second edition, expect that it has been reformatted to 7.5" x 9.25," to match the author's other books. The first edition offered Steven M. Johnson's illustrations of his preposterous, plausible and prophetic inventions and scenes of the future. For the second edition, the author-illustrator dug into old files and located 96 concept sketches that had not appeared in the first book, and redrew them when they needed more definition. The book gives a unique and imaginative view of possible future scenes based on technologies and cultural trends in 1990. Many familiar features of the world today, such as small smart phones and the World Wide Web, did not exist then. Some readers will discover that the book's vivid, strange or humorous images still seem fresh, and that today's America looks a lot like what Mr. Johnson imagined 24 years earlier.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 061564113X
• ISBN13: 9780615641133
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Patent Depending Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 7.5"