Always reblog the Usborne Book of the Future. <3
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Some great art from the amazing Usborne Book of the Future (1979) by Kenneth Gatland and David Jefferis. The artwork is not individually credited but these artists are listed in the books credits: Gordon Davies, Terry Hadler, Brian Lewis, Michael Roffe, George Thompson.
The full book can be seen online here
A special nod to 2 Warps to Neptune who has brilliantly covered this book and many others like it.
So, I’m guessing that Elon Musk was a big fan of the Usborne Book of the Future when he was a kid…
Second (and finally for today): the Usborne Book of the Future. Still got this somewhere.
Filthy cities! Wristwatch communicators! The electronic household of the 1980s!
And also (though not featured here)… Space Cadet! An Eagle Comic-style cartoon strip about a cadet in the Royal Space Navy or whatever in the year twenty-something-something. Will try to find pics to post another day… maybe…
Oh gosh yes. I still have a copy of this book kicking about somewhere. As well as a complete PDF I downloaded at some point (welcome to THE FUTURE!).
One of Usborne Book of the Future’s predictions for the 21st century: “There would be few excuses for being late”
Space shuttle Endeavour: After 25 missions from 1992-2011, the last space shuttle built by NASA is making its way to the California Science Center by piggybacking on a special 747 Boeing carrier.
Oh wow…
Another space shuttle photo. It’s worth it…
Evansville Press, Indiana, February 5, 1912
it’s a leap yeap
My nightmare: making a typo that people are still talking about over a century later
Happy leap yeap!
The typo heard round the world