Future

*note: Most of the books listed are, unfortunately, missing from my archives... so, links to individual book entries will be slow in forthcoming (I'm also pretty swamped for time).
To be added: publishing details, synopsis, reviews, and biographical material. [this is going to take a while].

• B>Redesigning the Future: A Systems Approach to Societal Problems by Russell C.Ackoff
  (1974, non-fiction...John Wiley, New York, US)

• Is Today Tomorrow? -- A Synergistic Collage of Alternative Futures by Jerome Agel
  (1972, non-fiction... graphically illustrated quotes...
  "excellent soundbites" --Henry W.Targowski.)

• Evolution Isn't What it Used To Be: The Augmented Animal and the Whole Wired World by Walter Truett Anderson
  (1996, non-fiction... posthuman...
  "what happens now that we can control our evolution" --Henry W.Targowski.)

• Population, Resources, and the Future: Non-Malthusian Perspectives edited by H.M.Bahr, B.A.Chadwick, D.L.Thomas
  (1972, non-fiction...Brigham Young University Press, Provo, Utah, US)

• The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting by Daniel Bell
  (1973, non-fiction...Basic Books, New York, US)

• Anticipatory Democracy: People in the Politics of the Future edited by Clement Bezold
  (1978, non-fiction, anthology...Random House / Vintage Books, New York, US)

• The Far Side of the Future: Social Problems and Educational Reconstruction by Jim Bowman, et al.
  (1978, non-fiction, report...World Future Society, Washington, D.C., US)

• The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at M.I.T. by Stewart Brand
  (1987, non-fiction)

• The Turning Point by Fritjof Capra
  (1982, non-fiction... new age physics)

• Beyond Tomorrow by Dandridge M.Cole, Roy G.Scarfo
  (1965... outer space)

• 1999 The World of Tomorrow: Selections from The Futurist edited by Edward Cornish
  (1978, non-fiction...World Future Society, Washington, D.C., US)

• Catastrophe or Cornucopia: The Environment, Politics and the Future by Stephen Cotgrove
  (19??, non-fiction...John Wiley, US)

• War in the Age of Intelligent Machines by Manuel De Landa
  (1991, fiction/non-fiction... future perspective on war, smart weapons, tele-operated vehicles)

• Art and the Future by Douglas Davis
  (19??, non-fiction)

• After Man: A Zoology of the Future by Dougal Dixon
  (1981, non-fiction... posthuman)

• Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution by K.Eric Drexler
  (1991, non-fiction... nanotechnology, molecular engineering...
  "this new technology will totally transform our world... essential reading" --Henry W.Targowski.)

• Utopia or Else... by René Dumont
  (1973, non-fiction... poverty, pollution...
  "socialist-flavored solutions" --Henry W.Targowski.)

• Imagined Worlds by Freeman Dyson
  (1997, non-fiction...Harvard, US, hbk... biology, genetic engineering, radiotelepathy, space migration, genetic drift, human speciation, mass-driver, ethics...
  "thought-provoking speculations on future developments" --Henry W.Targowski.)

• A Study of Future Worlds by Richard A.Falk
  (1975, non-fiction...The Free Press, New York, US... part of 'Preferred Worlds for the 1990s' series sponsored by the Institute for World Order)

• The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s by Marilyn Fergusson
  (1980, non-fiction...J.P.Tarcher, Los Angeles, California, US... new age sociology...
  "This book explores the new paradigms, the changes in consciousness which are influencing our society and our personal lives. Comprehensive coverage of the effects on politics, education, health, economics, and human potential. A change for the better in human nature signals an improvement in society at large." --Henry W.Targowski, October 1982.)

• History and Futurology by Ossip Flechtheim
  (1967, non-fiction)

• Critical Path by R.Buckminster Fuller
  (1981, non-fiction...St. Martin's Press, New York, US... adjuvant: Kiyoshi Kuromiya...
  "Presents an eye-opening context for understanding the crisis which the world faces today. Fuller's uniquely perceptive view of the major issues show us how humanity can not only survive, but survive at a higher standard of living than ever before possible. Brilliant analysis, essential reading." --Henry W.Targowski, October 1982.)

• Inventing the Future by Dennis Gabor
  (1964, nonfiction...
  "this is an excellent book, highly recommended" --Henry W.Targowski.)

• What Sort of People Should There Be? -- Genetic Engineering, Brain Control and Their Impact on our Future World by Jonathan Glover
  (1984, non-fiction... genetic engineering, neurologic, posthuman, future)

• Seven Tomorrows: Toward a Voluntary History by Paul Hawken, James Ogilvy, and Peter Schwartz
  (1982...Bantam, New York, US... future scenarios)

• An Inquiry into the Human Prospect by Robert Heilbroner
  (1974, non-fiction)

• The Evolutionary Journey -- A Personal Guide to a Positive Future by Barbara Marx Hubbard
  (1982, non-fiction... futurist)

• The Year 2000 by Herman Kahn, A.J.Wiener
  (1967, non-fiction)

• Footsteps into the Future: Diagnosis of the Present World and a Design for an Alternative by Rajni Kothari
  (1974, non-fiction...The Free Press, New York, US... part of 'Preferred Worlds for the 1990s' series sponsored by the Institute for World Order)

• Hacking the Future by Arthur Kroker, Marilouise Kroker
  (199?, non-fiction... sociology)

• Norms For the Future: An Application of Systems Philosophy to the Study of World Order by Ervin Laszlo
  (1974, non-fiction...George Braziller, New York, US)

• Cultures Beyond the Earth edited by Magoroh Maruyama, Arthur Harkins
  (1975, non-fiction...Random House / Vintage Books, New York, US... space stations, space colonies, space migration)

• Cultures of the Future edited by Magoroh Maruyama, Arthur Harkins
  (1975, non-fiction...Mouton, Den Haag, Netherlands)

• Visions of Desirable Societies edited by Eleonora Masini
  (1983, non-fiction...World Futures Studies Federation)

• The Future of the Future by John McHale
  (1969, non-fiction...George Braziller, New York, US... R.Buckminster Fuller, design science)

• Future Studies: An International Survey by John McHale, Magda Cordell McHale
  (1975, non-fiction...United Nations Institute for Training and Research, New York, US)

• Basic Human Needs: A Framework For Action by John McHale, Magda Cordell McHale
  (1978, non-fiction, illustrated...Transaction Books, US, hbk)

• Future Man? by Chris Morgan
  (1980... posthuman)

• The Shape of Futures Past: The Story of Prediction by Chris Morgan
  (1980... a history of fictional musings about the future)

• Megatrends 2000 by John Naisbitt, Patricia Aburdene
  (1990, non-fiction... business, economics)

• 2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future by Gerard K.O'Neill
  (1981, non-fiction... space migration, space cities...
  "O'Neill begins by examining why previous attempts at predicting the future were so far off... he then spotlights the developments in five major areas: computers, automation, space colonies, energy, communications... and ends up with a predictive story about the year 2081 based on existing trends and expected developments." --Henry W.Targowski, October 1982.)

• 100 Pages for the Future by Aurelio Peccei
  (1982, non-fiction)

• The Image of the Future by Fred L.Polak
  (1955/1961, non-fiction...Elsevier Scientific Publishing, Holland... 2 volumes... futurist, argues for the need of positive images for the future)

• Hopeful Future Perspectives by Fred L.Polak
  (1957, non-fiction... futurist)

• How Do We Conquer the Future by Fred L.Polak
  (1964, non-fiction... futurist)

• Future Work: Jobs, Self-Employment and Leisure After the Industrial Age by James Robertson
  (1985, non-fiction, economics)

• An Alternative Future for America's Third Century by Robert Theobald
  (1976, non-fiction, economics)

• Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
  (July 1970, non-fiction... the shock of the future)

• The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler
  (March 1980, non-fiction...Bantam Books, New York, US... social history, paradigm shifts...
  "Toffler sees the changes occuring in our society as indications of a post-industrial revolution, the effects of which will be as sweeping and dramatic as those of the agricultural and industrial revolutions. This very good primer on social changes helps us to relate to the Third Wave, pointing out trends which offer us hope for the future and supplying a solid basis for optimism." --Henry W.Targowski, October 1982.)

• War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century by Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler
  (1993, non-fiction...Little Brown & Company, Boston, US, hbk... future war, conflict resolution, social history)

• Outlook for Homo Sapiens by H.G.Wells
  (1942, non-fiction)

• Virtual Reality: Applications and Explorations edited by Alan Wexelblat
  (1993, non-fiction... explores the potential of virtual reality... contains: a Foreword by Pat Cadigan)

• Future Science by White, Stanley Krippner
  (1977... fringe science)

• Expanded Cinema by Gene Youngblood
  (1970, non-fiction, illustrated... experimental film... contains: Introduction by R.Buckminster Fuller...
  "Excellent coverage, great images... in the forefront of the media revolution. Social history in the making." --Henry W.Targowski.)

• In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power by Shoshana Zuboff
  (1988, non-fiction)

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