What to expect in 2018, according to science fiction
As we look forward to 2018, science fiction has already been there. Here are six portrayals of 2018 from books, television and film, imagining the coming year as utopia, dystopia, or something in between.
Lauren Beukes’ first novel, Moxyland (2008), is set in a cyberpunk South Africa of 2018, where your phone is your identity (much more true now ( Read more... )
Lauren Beukes’ first novel, Moxyland (2008), is set in a cyberpunk South Africa of 2018, where your phone is your identity (much more true now ( Read more... )
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2018 will be the year when we finally get the Science Fiction future of mass-produced flying cars...
...When a Category 5 hurricane hits a major coastal city.
We've been lucky. I know it doesn't look that way, viewed from Houston and Puerto Rico; but they were Cat 3 and 4 respectively.
Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Florida at Cat 5, but the wind field was relatively small and missed the major cities.
It's a history of near-misses and we're seeing bigger storms, with increasing frequency, year on year.
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