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Future Past

Predictions (mostly wrong) for a future that is now past

Sections Below: General Futurism | Economic Collapse | Y2K | Other Economic Predictions | Biblical Prophesy | Future War | Astrology and Psychic Prophesy | Miscellaneous

18 titles below ($2.00 to $24.95) including (in alphabetical order): At the Crest of the Tidal Wave * Bankruptcy 1995 * The Coming Currency Collapse, and What You Can Do About It * Cycles of War * The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of * Future Shock * Future War * The Great Depression of 1990 * The Great Reckoning * How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years * Megatrends 2000 * The Panic of '89 * Power Shift * Progress for a Small Planet * Surviving the Great Depression of 1990 * Sydney Omarr's Astrological Guide for 1997 * The Third World War * The Y2K Survival Guide

Books that predicted terrible events that never happened. (E.g. California falling into the ocean in 1992, economic collapse in 1985, etc.) All are out-of-print (although the authors have gone on to make still more predictions).

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General Futurism

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Utopian and Anti-Utopian Fiction: Used Book Assortment - 12 titles

For novelist view of a perfect (or perfectly hellish) future: 1984, etc.

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Future Shock

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$7.99
1 lb

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Power Shift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence At The Edge of the 21st Century (used mass-market paperback)

By Alvin Toffler. 1990, Bantam Books, 585pp, 7x4". "Alvin Toffler's Future Shock and The Third Wave are among the most influential books of our time. Read by millions, they have introduced new ways of thinking about change, added fresh words to the language and helped shape the way the world ..." (Good+)

$2.75
1 lb

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Economic Collapse

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The Panic of '89 (used hardcover)

By Paul Erdman. 1987, Doubleday, 304pp. A novel that hypothesizes a worldwide banking panic in 1989. (Good-VG in Good-VG DJ)

$4.00
1.5 lbs

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The Great Depression of 1990 (used hardcover)

By Dr. Ravi Batra. 1985 (1987), Simon & Schuster, 236pp. (Didn't happen!) "Startling in its revelations, bold in its predictions, and overwhelmingly convincing in the evidence it offers, 'The Great Depression of 1990' demonstrates that we are headed toward an economic disaster of unprecedented proportions that will occur in 1990 and continue to plague the world at least until 1996". (Fine in Fine DJ)

$5.00
1 lb

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The Great Reckoning: How the World Will Change in the Depression of the 1990s (used hardcover)

By James Dale Davidson. 1991, Simon and Schuster, 359pp. (Near Fine in VG+ DJ)

$5.00
2.5 lbs

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Bankruptcy 1995: The Coming Collapse of America and How to Stop It (used hardcover)

By Harry Figgie and Gerald Swanson. 1992, Little Brown, 206pp. (Didn't happen.) Boldly predicts that in 1995, "America will enter an age of financial disaster that will dwarf the Great Depression and hail the end of the United States as we know it." About America's growing national debt. Pub. At $19.95. . (Near Fine in Near Fine DJ)

$6.00
1 lb

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Surviving the Great Depression of 1990: Protect Your Assets and Investments - And Come Out on Top (used trade paperback)

By Dr. Ravi Batra. 1989, Dell Publishing, 367pp. (VG)

$3.00
1 lb

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Y2K

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The Y2K Survival Guide: Getting to, Getting through, and Getting Past the Year 2000 Problem (used trade paperback)

By Bruce F. Webster. 1999, Prentice Hall, 544pp. It's never too late to prepare!. (VG+)

$6.00
1.5 lbs

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Other Economic Predictions

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Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions for the 1990s (used mass-market paperback)

By John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene. 1990 (1991), Avon, 415pp, 7x4". Predicts social and economic trends for 1990s and 2000. (VG. Permabound)

$2.00
1 lb

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At the Crest of the Tidal Wave: A Forecast for the Great Bear Market (AUTOGRAPHED) (used hardcover)

By Robert R. Prechter. 1995, New Classics Library, 508pp. "The author, president of Elliot Wave International, predicted the current great bull market. In 1996 he predicted a collapse of historic proportions. Illustrated with charts and graphs." (Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR,"T Murry and Gloria Ruben, With respect and best wishes. From Bob Pretcher.")

$18.00
2.5 lbs

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Biblical Prophesy

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How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years (used mass-market paperback)

By Howard J. Ruff. 1979 (1980), Warner, 384pp, 7x4". Predicts recession in 1980 and runaway inflation in 1981. (VG)

$3.25
0.5 lbs

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The Coming Currency Collapse, and What You Can Do About It (used hc, with dj)

By Jerome F. Smith. 1980, Books in Focus, 205pp. Predicts hyperinflation of the U.S. dollar in the 1980s. (Didn't happen.)

$5.00
1 lb

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Christian Prophesies and Predictions - 9 titles

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Future War

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The Third World War: August 1985 (used mass-market paperback)

By General Sir John Hackett and other top-ranking NATO generals and advisors. 1979 (1980), 509pp. A NATO general describes a fictional scenario for World War in the mid-1980s. This book was an international bestseller, well-publicized at the time.

$2.00
1 lb

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Future War: Non-Lethal Weapons in Modern Warfare (new hardcover)

By John Alexander and Tom Clancy (foreword).. 1999, St Martins Press, 256pp. "The nature of warfare has changed". (New)

"Future War describes the reality of conflicts that are already beginning to take place, both in foreign lands and in our cities. Terrorism has established a a firm foothold worldwide.... The traditional threats remain. But new, shadowy, and mercurial adversaries are emerging.... Non-lethal weapons are a pragmatic application of force, not a peace movement, ranging from old rubber bullets and tear gas to exotic advanced systems that can paralyze a country, they are essentila for the preservation of peace and stability. Future War explains exactly how non-lethal electromagnetic and pulsed-power weapons, the laser and tazer, chameical systems, computer viruses, ultrasound and infrasound, and even biological entities will be used to stop enemies. These are the weapons of the future." (2/21/00) - Also listed on Military History and Technique.

$24.95
2 lbs

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Cycles of War: The Next Six Years (used hardcover)

By R. E. Mcmaster. 1978, Timberline Trust, 217pp. Claims, in 1978, that a major war will occur within the next six years. Says war goes in 13 year cycles. (VG+ in Good DJ. Large tan discoloration on DJ else VG)

$6.00
1.5 lbs

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Astrology and Psychic Prophesy

Includes many failed prophesies by Dixon, circa 1969: * Castro will not remain in power in Cuba for long. * A comet will hit the earth in the 1980s. * The Catholic Church will split into many factions by 1999. * There will be a woman President of the United States in the 1980s. * In 1985, a natural catstrophe will interfere with soviet plans for world conquest. * "Sudden destruction and war will occur in 1999."

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Sydney Omarr's Astrological Guide for 1997 (used mass-market paperback)

By Sydney Omarr. 1996, Signet, 301pp, 7x4". Check your astrological predictions for 1997 and see if they were right. (Good-VG)

$2.00
0.5 lbs

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Get Rich Quick - 4 titles

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Money and Business

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Miscellaneous

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The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World (new hardcover)

By Thomas M. Disch. 1998, The Free Press, 256pp. A science fiction writer looks at the social impact of his field. Publ. At $25.

(12/28/99) - Also listed on American Popular Culture.

$17.50
1.5 lbs

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Progress for a Small Planet (used hardcover)

By Barbara Ward. 1979, Norton, 305pp. "The author expertly analyzes facts and statistics on urban population flows, poverty lines, housing shortages, and resource elimations to present an urgent practical assessment of future possibilities for planned and designed human settlement." (Near Fine in G DJ. One or two small tears on edge of DJ. Multiple copies.)

$6.00
1.5 lbs

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