An Open Knowledge Foundation Site
logo Planet Open Knowledge

You are browsing the archive for future.

Various Apocalyptic Scenes from the Prophetic Messenger (ca. 1827–61)

- October 23, 2019 in astrology, future, occult, prophecy, raphael

Apocalyptic lithographs from the 19th century golden age of astrology, helmed by several astrologists writing under the name Raphael.

Comments Off on Various Apocalyptic Scenes from the Prophetic Messenger (ca. 1827–61)

H. G. Wells and the Uncertainties of Progress

- June 27, 2019 in Books, Culture & History, future, future history, h. g. wells, Literature, progress, retrofuture, science fiction

In addition to the numerous pioneering works of science fiction by which he made his name, H. G. Wells also published a swathe of non-fiction meditations, mainly focused on themes explored in his stories — the effects of technology, human folly, and the idea of progress. As Peter J. Bowler explores, for Wells this notion of progression was far from simple.

Comments Off on H. G. Wells and the Uncertainties of Progress

Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

- January 25, 2018 in apocalypse, Camille Flammarion, early science fiction, future, nineteenth century science fiction, retrofuture, science fiction

Science fiction novel by astronomer Camille Flammarion, concerning a near comet miss and a vision of the earth's far distant future.

Comments Off on Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

- January 25, 2018 in apocalypse, Camille Flammarion, early science fiction, future, nineteenth century science fiction, retrofuture, science fiction

Science fiction novel by astronomer Camille Flammarion, concerning a near comet miss and a vision of the earth's far distant future.

Comments Off on Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

- January 25, 2018 in apocalypse, Camille Flammarion, early science fiction, future, nineteenth century science fiction, retrofuture, science fiction

Science fiction novel by astronomer Camille Flammarion, concerning a near comet miss and a vision of the earth's far distant future.

Comments Off on Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

- June 13, 2017 in Anna Laetitia Barbauld, britain, fall of empires, future, london, napoleonic wars, ruin

Anna Laetitia Barbauld's controversial poem which presciently imagines a future Britain in ruin, eclipsed by the rising might of America.

Comments Off on Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

- June 13, 2017 in Anna Laetitia Barbauld, britain, fall of empires, future, london, napoleonic wars, ruin

Anna Laetitia Barbauld's controversial poem which presciently imagines a future Britain in ruin, eclipsed by the rising might of America.

Comments Off on Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

- June 13, 2017 in Anna Laetitia Barbauld, britain, fall of empires, future, london, napoleonic wars, ruin

Anna Laetitia Barbauld's controversial poem which presciently imagines a future Britain in ruin, eclipsed by the rising might of America.

Comments Off on Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812)

Fashions of the Future as Imagined in 1893

- April 8, 2014 in fashion, future, retro-future, retrofu, victorian

Illustrations from a delightful piece called the Future Dictates of Fashion by W. Cade Gall and published in 1893 which tries to predict the next 100 years of fashion.

Comments Off on Fashions of the Future as Imagined in 1893

Fashions of the Future as Imagined in 1893

- April 8, 2014 in fashion, future, retro-future, retrofu, victorian

Illustrations from a delightful piece called the Future Dictates of Fashion by W. Cade Gall and published in 1893 which tries to predict the next 100 years of fashion.

Comments Off on Fashions of the Future as Imagined in 1893