- Paperback: 366 pages
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press; 3rd Revised edition edition (27 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0226869032
- ISBN-13: 978-0226869032
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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- #4 in Books > Fiction > Science Fiction > Alternate History
- #30 in Books > Science & Nature > Earth Sciences & Geography > Geography > Historical
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A memoir of postmodern times, cast as a history. This book is narrated by a far-future historian, Peter Jensen, who leaves this account of the world from the 1990s to the opening of the 23rd century as a gift to his granddaughter. A combination of fiction and scholarship, this edition of Wagar's speculative history of the future alternates between descriptions of world events and intimate glimpses of his fictive historian's family into the first centuries of the new millennium.
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This first book of our history concerns the fall, after one final roaring season, of the world-sway of capital. Read the first page
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Dr. Warren Wagar creates an exciting adventure into the world of plausible futures. He colorfully combines fact and narrative to strengthen the possibility of a nuclear disaster in 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.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
ASHOTF is one of the best books I have ever read, and the most influential (Structure of Scientific Revolutions and 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 and fall of nations. ASHOTF manages to perfectly meld a family history, a history of nations, and a discussion on philosophy while seeming to be neither. It makes you see everybody, from your parents to Jefferson, Marx, and Mao, in a new light.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I would not be at all surprised if the future contains many of the possibilities outlined in Dr. Wagar's book. More than just an exercise in 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, and anarchism, searching out their strengths and weaknesses as means toward the end of human realization. Along the way, many other topics are covered, such as space exploration, genetic engineering, nuclear war in the year 2044, ecological breakdown and renewal, and the transformation of marriage and the family. This is a book in 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 and human possibility. You will view the world differently after reading this book.
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Not worth reading
This book (which purports to be in the same vein as Wells and Stapledon) has nothing original - politics, sociology, science, historical views, jargon, were all yawn-inducingly... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Rerevisionist
Intellectual futurism
I read this book a little while ago and while it can be heavy going in places especially where political dogma features heavily, many many of the concepts and ideas put forward as... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2007 by G. H. Hayes
Best future history ever!
I am quite new to this genre of writing, but have already read several books based on alternate historys and possible futures. This book is simply the best i have read by far. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2003 by MARK HUGHES
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