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" Arthur C. Clarke's July 20, 2019 : "
edited by Arthur C. Clarke.
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BL
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876780
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| Title & Author
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Arthur C. Clarke's July 20, 2019 : : a day in the life of the 21st century /\ edited by Arthur C. Clarke.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Grafton,, 1987, ©1986.
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| Series Statement
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An Omni book
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281 pages, [32] pof plates :: illustrations (some color) ;; 26 cm
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0246129808
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: 9780246129802
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Includes index.
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Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1986.
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| Contents
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Introduction : letter from a lunar inhabitant -- July 20, 1969 : a 2019 interpretation of the Apollo Moon Landing -- A day in the hospital -- A day in the life of a robot -- School days : no recess -- On the road : transportation in 2019 -- A day in the life of a space station -- A night at the movies -- A day at the ballpark : sports in 2019 -- house arrest -- A day at the office -- An afternoon on the couch : psychiatry in 2019 -- A night in the bedroom -- Life meets death and twists its tail -- War -- United Nations, 2019.
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Starting with an introductory letter from a lunar inhabitant, the book dedicates each subsequent chapter to a major institution or sphere of life, speculating what they will become in 2019 - 33 years after its 1986 publication. The hospital, the school, the office, the movies, and the home are joined by sports, transportation, psychiatry and sex. Some chapters gesture at phenomena yet to come, namely artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and space stations. Meditations on life, death, the technologically mediated Third World War, and an epilogue on the future of the United Nations close out the volume. For the most part, it succeeds in its retro-speculative framing, although occasional clues do betray its mid-80s era.
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Twentieth century, Forecasts.
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Twenty-first century, Forecasts.
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Twentieth century.
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Twenty-first century.
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303.4/9
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CB161.A788 1987
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Clarke, Arthur C., (Arthur Charles),1917-2008.
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