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ppetropoulakis's review against another edition
4.0
A collection of stories from the 80ies by a variety of authors and artists, originally published in the magazine 2000AD. The quality of the stories varies a lot depending mostly on the writer. Alan Moore’s stories are the highlight of the series.
jammasterjamie's review
3.0
Solid three stars - Some of these short little Future Shocks were really smart and entertaining, and others were nearly gag-worthy, so I think three as an average rating of the whole collection works. Oddly for my insane fandom of the man, Alan Moore's stories in this collection were not the best, although all were good. I think the Steve Moore stuff was just a little less sophomoric with its messaging, so Steve's stories actually worked better for me as a whole.
Also, not against the book, but this book has been advertised on websites as "Alan Moore's Future Shocks", which is really the only reason I bought it because I though it was going to be a great big collection of his old sci-fi shorts. It wasn't. I think there are only five Alan Moore stories in the entire volume, and one of them wasn't even a Future Shock, but rather only added for additional context for an upcoming Future Shock. While I enjoyed reading this book and think it's worth your while if you're at all into 1970s and 80's sci-fi comics, if you're coming strictly for Alan Moore you're going to be disappointed. Not horribly because some of these stories are truly great, but this is not an Alan Moore collection.
Also, not against the book, but this book has been advertised on websites as "Alan Moore's Future Shocks", which is really the only reason I bought it because I though it was going to be a great big collection of his old sci-fi shorts. It wasn't. I think there are only five Alan Moore stories in the entire volume, and one of them wasn't even a Future Shock, but rather only added for additional context for an upcoming Future Shock. While I enjoyed reading this book and think it's worth your while if you're at all into 1970s and 80's sci-fi comics, if you're coming strictly for Alan Moore you're going to be disappointed. Not horribly because some of these stories are truly great, but this is not an Alan Moore collection.
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