Out of Time

Quite an interesting little book. It's marvellous to see how optimistic they were, around the turn of the twentieth century, in foreseeing mankind's progress in technology. I mean, it's not like tech hasn't come a long way since then, but our inventions were not quite as advanced as many seemed to p......more

This was the book for a traveling Smithsonian art exhibit, which I didn't actually see. I picked it up at one of the museums where the exhibit had come and gone. And I've been suggesting it to people repeatedly, as writer's inspiration, ever since, even though I had never formally read it. It's the......more

This is basically a wonderful collection of exquisite illustrations from the 1850's thru the early 1960's of what artists envisioned what the future would look like, with some supporting copy. Most of the illustrations are from books and magazines and are categorized as conquering the air (with ball......more