(Part 3) Top products from r/RetroFuturism
We found 22 product mentions on r/RetroFuturism. We ranked the 83 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
41. The future world of agriculture (Walt Disney World EPCOT Center book)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews42. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Anchor
Show Reddit reviews43. TechTV's Catalog of Tomorrow
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews44. Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews45. Futuredays: A Nineteenth Century Vision of the Year 2000
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews46. King of the Seven Dwarfs: General Electric's Ambiguous Challenge to the Computer Industry
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews47. Tour of the Universe: The Journey of a Lifetime
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
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49. Stile Transatlantico / Transatlantic Style
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
The Creative Exchange Between Italy & America in Mid-Century Automotive Design
Show Reddit reviews50. All Our Wrong Todays: A Novel
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Dutton Books
Show Reddit reviews51. The Tripods Collection: The White Mountains; The City of Gold and Lead; The Pool of Fire; When the Tripods Came
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
ALADDIN
Show Reddit reviews52. Moebius Library: The World of Edena
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
The World of Edena
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55. Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Show Reddit reviews56. Saucer Attack!: Pop Culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews57. The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past (Popular Mechanics)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
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I haven't read any of these books yet (except for the first one), but they're on my wishlist. I do have "Where is my Jetpack?" though and although it's an awesome, beautiful book, it might not be what you're looking for as it has original illustrations rather than vintage one.
Some suggestions:
Little Vintage Book of SciFi - Selections from vintage scifi comic books.
Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future
The Wonderful Future That Never Was
Oh man, I have the book this is from, the ideas come across as a bit dated now (naturally) but it's overall pretty neat, and the art is great.
https://www.amazon.com/Tour-Universe-Lifetime-Malcolm-Edwards/dp/0905310365
Thanks. Shared images months ago when it showed at museum, and on reddit.g
Who says concept or dream cars don't influence production cars? Compare the notch in the fin at the back, and where they start with a 1960 Chrysler 300F.
Sadly the ultra cool door handles didn't make onto the production car.
Along with seeing the cars at the Blackhawk, Donald Osborne's book [Stile Transatlantico/Transatlantic Style] (https://www.amazon.com/Stile-Transatlantico-Transatlantic-Donald-Osborne/dp/0988273365) [amazon link for reference - not a blogdiot) is one of the best automotive books I've read; and the Furman photos are icing on the cake; which you obviously wouldn't want want to get anywhere near a $100 book.
This book came out a few days ago. It's not exactly aligned with what you mentioned but you may find it interesting. I'm almost halfway through and I am enjoying it.
All Our Wrong Todays: A Novel https://www.amazon.com/dp/1101985135/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_YRhNybQZ30Z74
The book's Amazon reviews are amusing to read as well since Amazon only sold books back then.
Also, it belongs in /r/surrealmemes
This is featured in "Never Built New York", a book full of amazing projects that never came to fruition.
There's an entire book about it called "Art of Atari" by Tim Lapetino that was just recently released. Really good read. He's also releasing a poster book later this year.
World of Edena
The Incal
Astounding stuff.
I loved these books as a kid. Picked-up the recent reprint a few years ago. Well worth it.
Incidentally, the short prequel he wrote in the late 80's isn't great, but it's also in there for completionists.
No, but I had numerous other toys, like that, that landed on the roof.
I was actually quoting this book. The guys that wrote it added lots of smart-alecky and snarky things throughout the book.
Red Ranger Came Calling
https://www.amazon.com/Ranger-Came-Calling-Berkeley-Breathed/dp/0316102490
They basically acquired GE's computing systems group and became King of the Seven Dwarfs
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https://www.amazon.com/King-Seven-Dwarfs-Electrics-Ambiguous/dp/0818673834
Dan DeCarlo. Aw yiss.. (Slightly NSFW)
Regarding the Chrysler Turbine Car:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2A5ijU3Ivs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdCudNSti_Q
Steve Lehto even wrote a book about it: https://www.amazon.com/Chryslers-Turbine-Car-Detroits-Creation/dp/1569765499/
There's a whole series of these, archived here (in French) and others here.
There's also the book called Futuredays with Aasimov's commentary about how 19th Century France imagined the new millennium.
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Maybe check out this collection of his work coming out in September: The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist https://www.amazon.com/dp/1785651188/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_qOUbzb745N022
https://www.amazon.com/future-world-agriculture-Disney-Center/dp/0717281426