Gatland K., Jefferis D. Usborne Book of the Future. A Trip in Time to the Year 2000 and Beyond

London: Usborne Publishing Ltd., 1979. — 96 p. — ISBN: 978-0860202905.The Usborne Book of the Future was a beautifully optimistic look at the future, from the 1970s. See the robots, machines and cities of the future, and then travel to the stars.If you thought that you were pissed because you still don’t have a jet pack, you may not want to skip this link. The Usborne Book of the Future is a book published in 1979 predicting the sorts of technology that would be in use in “the year 2000 and beyond”. Some of the beautifully illustrated pictures detail the interiors of space stations and floating cities, while others detail expected advances in artificial technology.