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A review by shanaqui
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve And/Or Ruin Everything by Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
I didn't love Kelly and Zach Weinersmith's Soonish as much as I liked A City on Mars: I think that's partly because the latter is much more of a deep dive, whereas the chapters here are necessarily a bit shallower, since they're looking at multiple different technologies, and don't have the time to get into the nitty gritty as much. There's also some information (and even jokes) that feels repetitive if you've already read A City on Mars already, as well.
That said, they pick an interesting raft of likely technologies and start picking into why we don't have them yet, why they feel within reach, and what we need to figure out to make them reality. The tone is fairly light, but they explain things pretty well.
After a certain point the humour does start to grate a bit, I must admit; I didn't find that in A City on Mars, and of course, your mileage may vary.
That said, they pick an interesting raft of likely technologies and start picking into why we don't have them yet, why they feel within reach, and what we need to figure out to make them reality. The tone is fairly light, but they explain things pretty well.
After a certain point the humour does start to grate a bit, I must admit; I didn't find that in A City on Mars, and of course, your mileage may vary.