Seventeen prescient tales of the near future: from global chaos to our obsession with celebrities, from virtual reality to the final flooding of Calcutta, from genetic engineering to the future of the Internet. A man with a truly perceptive mind sized it all up decades before most people realized what was going down.Table of Contents:ImagesIsland VacationArm of DecisionThe Jewelry ShopHelpful HarryCareer FairDeath Looked DownOlder PatternsOnlineHer Big ChanceRollout!Djinnetic CodeJob FairThe Ascension of Saint SusanMay/December at the MallContinuing EdFalling ForwardAbout the Author
Summary
Seventeen prescient tales of the near future: from global chaos to our obsession with celebrities, from virtual reality to the final flooding of Calcutta, from genetic engineering to the future of the Internet. A truly perceptive mind sized it all up decades before most people realized what was going down.
Table of Contents
Images 1
Island Vacation 13
Arm of Decision 21
The Jewelry Shop 31
Helpful Harry 39
Career Fair 51
Death Looked Down 61
Older Patterns 99
Online 109
Her Big Chance 129
Rollout! 147
Djinnetic Code 155
Job Fair 175
The Ascension of Saint Susan 187
May/December at the Mall 203
Continuing Ed 213
Falling Forward 219
About the Author 227
About the Author
Brian Dana Akers grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan and spent his teenage years building telescopes, reading science fiction, and practicing Yoga. He started six years of undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Michigan in 1975, with his senior year abroad in India. His studies included Sanskrit and Indian history.
Brian then left for the San Francisco Bay Area and worked as a typographer and network manager. In July of 1991-with sun, moon, and earth aligned in the Golfo de California-he met Loretta, moved to New York, and married her.
