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Title: No meat and no potatoes..............
Review: I read the book in a little over two hours. In the title, Sterling says he is "envisioning the next fifty years." In fact the book is little about the next fifty years as it is Sterling's own thoughts about the past fifty years. In the introduction to the book he presents his "seven novel aspects of the twenty-first century." He does this using a character from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'; Jaques, who is best know for his famous lecture, which begins with: "all the world's a stage" and ends with "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." It would have been more appropriate if Sterling had used Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing.' Sterling tells us he is both a Science Fiction writer and a Futurologist. I know a Futurologist when I see one, and Sterling is no Futurologist.
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