01868cam a2200433 i 4500 113794 113794 19782829 BJBSDDR 20230411090623.0 ta 170712s2017 maua b 001 0 eng 2017019916 9780262534819 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0262534819 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC spa DLC rda DLC eng pcc CB 161 M784f 2017 303.49 23 Montfort, Nick 10210 The future / Nick Montfort. Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2017] xvi, 169 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier The MIT Press essential knowledge series Includes bibliographical references and index. Facing the future -- Oracles, prophecy, and divination -- Literary utopias -- Words-in-freedom, art for the future -- World's fairs and exhibiting the future -- The pre-invention of the web -- The computer becomes a book -- Current fictions : design fiction, science fiction -- Conclusion : practices for future-making. "How the future has been imagined and made, through the work of writers, artists, inventors, and designers"--Page 4 of cover. Winner of Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2018 2018 Ciencias sociales 3579 Prospectiva 11968 Predicciones sociales 3059 8927 The MIT Press essential knowledge series 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2019-11-27 0 CB 161 M784f 2017 00000140200 2019-11-27 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK