Customer Reviews
Intellectual futurism - By: G. H. Hayes, 09 Nov 2007 
I read this book a little while ago & while it can be heavy goingin places especially where political dogma features heavily, many many of the concepts & ideas put forward as to what might happenin the next 200 years are not only plausible but will keep you thinking for months afterwards.
I've not read anything quite like it before. Highly recommended.
Cheers, GH
Best future history ever! - By: MARK HUGHES, 13 Feb 2003 
I am quite new to this genre of writing, but have already read several books based on alternate historys & possible futures. This book is simply the best i have read by far. The content is scientifically enough based to make it believeable & yet not overly so, so as to keep the book interesting. This book arrived from amazonin the morning & i'd finished it by bedtime. Amazing read & especially good if you are new to this style of writing.
Magnifique!!! - By: , 17 Dec 1998 Dr. Warren Wagar creates an exciting adventure into the world of plausible futures. He colorfully combines fact & narrative to strengthen the possibility of a nuclear disasterin the year 2044. Wagar warns of the power of the capital intensive market leading to a monopolistic rule. He skillfully conveys the destructive consequences of a few multi-national corporations yielding control over the disempowered working class. Overall, the story was a fantastic, well-constructed thriller intended to stimulate interest into the ever-growing field of futurism.
Enjoyable on many levels, it gets you thinking for months - By: , 30 Sep 1998 ASHOTF is one of the best books I have ever read, & the most influential (Structure of Scientific Revolutions & A History of the Balkans are the others), it doesn't leave you.
Enjoyably at the end of every section, there are personal notes from "ancestors" of the authors. Also included are some major political characters from obscurity to leadership, as well as the define & fall of nations. ASHOTF manages to perfectly meld a family history, a history of nations, & a discussion on philosophy while seeming to be neither. It makes you see everybody, from your parents to Jefferson, Marx, & Mao,in a new light.
An extraordinarily plausible glimpse into the future - By: , 20 May 1998 I would not be at all surprised if the future contains many of the possibilities outlinedin Dr. Wagar's book. More than just an exercisein creating scenarios, the book attempts to ask--and answer--philosophical questions about who we may become as a species. In three sections, Dr. Wagar applies the philosophies of capitalism, socialism, & anarchism, searching out their strengths & weaknesses as means toward the end of human realization. Along the way, many other topics are covered, such as space exploration, genetic engineering, nuclear warin the year 2044, ecological breakdown & renewal, & the transformation of marriage & the family. This is a bookin the grand tradition of Olaf Stapledon, but more accessible to contemporary readers. Dr. Wagar has made an important contribution not just to imaginative literature, but to the whole field of human thought & human possibility. You will view the world differently after reading this book.
