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From: Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com>
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Subject: Re: Five SF Books Set in the Future... of 2020
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:13:04 -0700
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In article <vcc656$ipb$1@panix2.panix.com>,
 jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

> Five SF Books Set in the Future… of 2020
> 
> How did science fiction imagine the world of the 2020s? Let's 
> look at some of the more entertaining predictions and speculations...
> 
> https://reactormag.com/five-sf-books-set-in-the-future-of-2020/

This reply is a bit late, but I was just looking at my database of books 
bought and read and a comment I made decades ago for one book caught my 
attention. I give you _Touch the Stars: Emergence_ by John Dalmas and 
Carl Martin (published by Tor in 1983). The chapter heads include dates, 
chapter 1 being set on September 16, 2024. I don't remember much about 
it (I think it could be called a gadget story), but there appears to be 
a E-book edition available. Oh, the comment: "King Charles III makes a 
brief appearance".

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"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
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Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com