Rough Guide Reference: The Rough Guide to the Future (Paperback)

from McCarthys

This book reads like a textbook. It has a lot of information and informed opinion that have been bound together with more glue than editing. It doesn't read like a book as much as it does a collection of semi-related chapters. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I wouldn't get this expecting ...

from smithwil

This was my first Rough Guides read. It was about what I expected, for whatever that may be worth. I believe the book is best read as a 'reference' - to pick and choose what is of interest at the moment rather than to sit and read from front to back. I was particularly drawn to the many "Predicti...

from indianajane

I didn't find this book as interesting as I probably should have. I think I would have--and probably will--enjoy it more as something to browse snippets of at my leisure, rather than trying to read it straight through as I did. It does present some interesting looks, from futurists and scientists...

from smithwil

This was my first Rough Guides read. It was about what I expected, for whatever that may be worth. I believe the book is best read as a 'reference' - to pick and choose what is of interest at the moment rather than to sit and read from front to back. I was particularly drawn to the many "Predicti...

from buchowl

A very content heavy book. The author, Jon Turney, attempts to look at what 'future' means from many different angles. He explores the concept of 'time' and how it and 'future' fit together. He examines the history of future, recent future and different varieties of futurology which set the stage...