Histories Of The Future Perfect

Author : Ellen Kombiyil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0986065226

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Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. HISTORIES OF THE FUTURE PERFECT by Ellen Kombiyil is a book of poetry inspired by concepts in astrophysics. Canvassing across time and space to provide a luminescence unafraid of the big ideas, the book itself has what Kombiyil calls a quantum structure. Here we find Galileo's thumbprint, Kurt Cobain Las Vegas, and Mary Lincoln communing with the dead. The poems themselves are never narrowly historical but rather cosmic in their inflections, taking on subatomic particles, DNA, and black holes, not simply as scientific props but as the very impetus for lyric motion. The book is published by The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, a mentorship model literary press, specializing in first and second books by authors with a connection to India/Indian diaspora. "HISTORIES OF THE FUTURE PERFECT is a shimmering book, both delicate and bold. This is a poet who can toggle between bikinis and trilobites, between astrophysics and pop culture, between elegy and premonition. 'Let sprinklers equal X, an absence that is manifest. / Now solve for bare feet glisten. Now step on constellations.' This is a poetry of rigorous, ingenious, warmhearted exploration." Maureen N. McLane "Innovative, ecstatic, and emotionally potent, these poems shimmer with their skill and acumen it's been a long time since I've been as excited about a new book as I am about this one." Ravi Shankar"

Author : Chunka Mui,Paul Carroll,Tim Andrews
Publisher : Future Histories Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0989242048

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A Brief History of a Perfect Future by Chunka Mui,Paul Carroll,Tim Andrews Pdf

What if, instead of trying to predict the future, we could just pick the one we want - and then invent it? Well, we can. Think of the wealth of technological resources already available to us. The computing power in that smartphone in your pocket could have guided 120 million Apollo-era spacecrafts to the moon and back. A gigabyte of memory cost $300,000 in the 1980s - today, it costs a fraction of a penny. Now, try to imagine 2050, when your computing devices will be a million times more powerful or available at one-millionth of today's prices.In this deeply researched and compelling book, the authors do the imagining for you, describing seven so-incredible-as-to-be-almost-magical capabilities that will be available by 2050 in computing, communication, information, genomics, energy, water, and transportation. You may finally get that flying car, have ample water even in a desert, and be treated for disease through microscopic robots in your bloodstream.Drawing on their decades of experience helping major organizations formulate strategies for innovation, the authors demonstrate how to use combinations of those seven capabilities to imagine "perfect" futures, whether that means reversing climate change, resolving today's disinformation crisis, or living 20 years longer. This book paints visions of how the world could - and should - look as we pass the planet on to future generations.We can use those visions to start inventing a perfect future - today.

Author : Steven Johnson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780141974927

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Future Perfect by Steven Johnson Pdf

What connects the "miracle on the Hudson" to the planning of the French railway system, or the mysterious outbreak of strange smells in downtown Manhattan to the invention of the Internet? With his characteristic flair for multidisciplinary storytelling, Steven Johnson shows in Future Perfect that what lies behind these and many other fascinating human stories is the concept of networked thinking. Exploring a new vision of progress, Johnson argues that networked thinking holds the key to an incredible range of human achievements, and can transform everything from local government to drug research to arts funding and education. Future Perfect paints a compelling portrait of a new model of political change that is already on the rise, and shows that despite Western political systems hopelessly gridlocked by old ideas, change for the better can happen, and that new solutions are on the horizon. 'If you're a pessimist-and chances are you are-you should read Future Perfect. In fact, read it even if you're an optimist, because Mr. Johnson's book will give you lots of material to brighten the outlook of your gloomy friends...it envisions a new political movement' Wall Street Journal 'An informative, tech-savvy and provocative vision of a new and more democratic public philosophy. A breath of fresh air a breath of fresh air in an age of gridlock, cynicism and disillusionment' San Francisco Chronicle 'A buoyant and hopeful book ... Future Perfect reminds us we already have the treatment. We just need to use it' Boston Globe Steven Johnson is the US bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, and Everything Bad Is Good for You, and is the editor of the anthology The Innovator's Cookbook. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites - most recently, outside.in - and writes for Time, Wired, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Marin County, California, with his wife and three sons.

Author : Jen Larsen
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062321251

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Future Perfect by Jen Larsen Pdf

Jen Larsen, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Stranger Here and a subject of the Oprah Winfrey Network TV show In Deep Shift with Jonas Elrod, tells a liberating story of hard-won self-acceptance—a tale of one girl, who knows that weight is just a number, and that no one is completely perfect. This is a distinct, complex debut from a new voice in YA with an unforgettable main character whose doubts and insecurities will resonate with readers, and shed light on the dangers of taking on others' expectations instead of your own. Underscored by a fierce intelligence and a dry, disarming wit, Future Perfect will satisfy fans of such authors as Maureen Johnson.

Author : Howard Bruce Franklin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0813521521

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Future Perfect by Howard Bruce Franklin Pdf

Critics, science fiction writers, scientists, and scholars throughout the world hailed the original publication of Future Perfect in 1966 as a book that would transform our evaluation of science fiction and our understanding of American culture. The praise has proved well founded, for Future Perfect has been more responsible than any other single work for the recognition of the value and significance of science fiction.

Author : Suzanne Brockmann
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345530318

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Future Perfect by Suzanne Brockmann Pdf

Now back in print after many years, a captivating story of sweet seduction and unexpected love from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann Dressed in Victorian attire, Juliana Anderson gives guests at her cozy New England bed and breakfast a taste of old-fashioned hospitality. Whether she’s cooking up delights in her kitchen or maintaining the rooms in her beautifully decorated inn, Juliana stays busy and content. Until Webster Donovan arrives—tall, rugged, and sexy beyond belief. The lean, dark-haired author has a bad case of writer’s block and he’s planned a six-week stay to cure it. But this beautiful woman is proving even more distracting to the cause. For prim, polite Juliana has a wild side: She rides a Harley and hides a troubled past. The moment Webster watches her take off her motorcycle helmet and shake loose those long, flame-colored curls, he finds his muse—and loses his heart. But can romance with a woman afraid to trust in love last longer than a moment in time? From the Paperback edition.

Author : Walter Abish
Publisher : New Directions Publishing Corporation
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:B3464211

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In the Future Perfect by Walter Abish Pdf

Author : Felicia Yap
Publisher : Wildfire
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1472242297

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Author : Nancy Kress
Publisher : Phoenix Pick
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 161242063X

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Future Perfect by Nancy Kress Pdf

Nancy Kress is unrivaled in her treatment of genetic engineering. In 1991 she wrote the ground-breaking classic novella Beggars in Spain (Hugo/Nebula) and since then has only enhanced her outstanding reputation of telling stories set in the near-future and dealing with genetics. *** This collection brings together six of these stories written between 1984 and 2008, including "The Flowers of Aulit Prison" which won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short story.

Author : Stanley M. Davis
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0201115131

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Future Perfect by Stanley M. Davis Pdf

Davis proposes enhancement of management style and content to accommodate to and benefit from the changes wrought by new technology.

Author : M. Chatzichristodoulou,R. Zerihan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137283337

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Intimacy Across Visceral and Digital Performance by M. Chatzichristodoulou,R. Zerihan Pdf

Consisting of critical analyses, theoretical provocations and practical reflections by leading scholars/practitioners from the fields of performance studies, live art and creative technology, these essays examine the rise of intimate performance works and question the socio-historical contexts provoking those aesthetic and affective developments.

Author : Jeff Greenwald
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Star Trek films
ISBN : UCSC:32106013829632

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Future Perfect by Jeff Greenwald Pdf

"Jeff Greenwald, a loyal Trek fan since the first episode aired in 1966 transports himself to the farthest reaches of the Star Trek universe, seeking out the bizarre and amazing ways that "Gene's Vision" has infiltrated global culture. This takes him to a Klingon wedding in Germany, the byways of Florence, and the markets of Bangalore. He hangs out with Hungarian yuppies, eats shabu-shabu with a dozen Tokyo "torrekkis," and visits England's most celebrated rocketeer." "On the homefront, Greenwald talks to the stars and producers who have brought this vision to life. Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew, and Rick Berman are among those who discuss the import of Star Trek's thirty-two-year reign and their unique place in this new mythology while luminaries like Kurt Vonnegut, science fiction grandmaster Arthur C. Clarke, and the Dalai Lama speak up, measuring humanity-at-large against Roddenberry's optimistic ideal."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Felicia Yap
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316465267

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Yesterday by Felicia Yap Pdf

In this heart-pounding mystery, a woman is found dead—but in a society where only the privileged have memories longer than a day, the chances of solving the crime seem futile. Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality-until... A beautiful woman is found dead, her body dumped in England's River Cam. The woman is Mark's mistress, and he is the prime suspect in her murder. The detective investigating the case has secrets of his own. So did the victim. And when both the investigator's and the suspect's memories are constantly erased -- how can anyone learn the truth? Told from four different perspectives, that of Mark, Claire, the detective on the case, and the victim -- Felicia Yap's staggeringly inventive debut leads us on a race against an ever-resetting clock to find the killer. With the science-fiction world-building of Philip K. Dick and the twisted ingenuity of Memento, Yesterday is a thriller you'll never forget.

Author : Gabriel Rockhill
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231527781

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Radical History and the Politics of Art by Gabriel Rockhill Pdf

Gabriel Rockhill opens new space for rethinking the relationship between art and politics. Rather than understanding the two spheres as separated by an insurmountable divide or linked by a privileged bridge, Rockhill demonstrates that art and politics are not fixed entities with a singular relation but rather dynamically negotiated, sociohistorical practices with shifting and imprecise borders. Radical History and the Politics of Art proposes a significant departure from extant debates on what is commonly called "art" and "politics," and the result is an impressive foray into the force field of history, in which cultural practices are meticulously analyzed in their social and temporal dynamism without assuming a conceptual unity behind them. Rockhill thereby develops an alternative logic of history and historical change, as well as a novel account of social practices and a multidimensional theory of agency. Engaging with a diverse array of intellectual, artistic, and political constellations, this tour de force diligently maps the various interactions between different dimensions of aesthetic and political practices as they intertwine and sometimes merge in precise fields of struggle.

Author : Patrick J. Norton
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781583486146

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Past Perfect Future Tense by Patrick J. Norton Pdf

This book is a compilation of, as the title implies, short stories, poems, and incoherent ramblings. It maintains no single style, but works around the general theme of impermanence: in life, love, science, and God.