July 20, 2019: A Day in the Life of the 21st Century

Futurists will welcome this book by the science fiction community's prolific dean whose 1963 classic<i>Profiles of the Future</i>defined possible futures, some of which already have come true. Clarke rejects any label as prophet; as per<i>Profiles'</i>subtitle, he deals with "limits of the possible." In July 20, 2019, he views a day in the life of the 21st century. The oversize, illustrated book forecasts how people are born, live, and die. We ride orbiting space stations, watch 60-year-old, 8-foot athletes, see that people have been replaced with computers and robots, view most aspects of life—schools, transportation, medicine, work, movies. These are astonishing but realistic perceptions by a master of the craft who as always writes with skill, wit, clarity, and remarkable intelligence.