You Call This the Future?: The Greatest Inventions Sci-Fi Imagined and Science Promised

By Nick Sagan, Andy Walker, Mark Frary

Book Overview

YOU CALL THIS THE FUTURE? charts, from prototype to realization, the real-life technical evolution of 50 of the most popular science fiction inventions: - Jetpack (Buck Rogers)- Flying cars (The Jetsons)- Transporters (Star Trek)- Cyborgs (The Six Million Dollar Man)- Orgasmatron (Sleeper)- Artificial intelligence (2001: A Space Odyssey)- Remote-control robots (Lost in Space)- Cryonics (Vanilla Sky)- Warp drives (Star Wars)- Time travel (Back to the Future)- Terraforming (Total Recall)- Robot pets (Dr. Who)- Cybernetics (Galactic Patrol)- Space tourism (A Fall of Moondust)- Wormholes (Stargate)- Hypnopedia (Brave New World)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556526857
• ISBN13: 9781556526855
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.0"