20 recommended texts about/concerning future

1.) Unwind by Neil Shusterman
2.) The Road by Cormac McCarthy
3.) One Second After by William Forstchen
4.) The Martian Chronicals by Ray Bradbury
5.) The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
6.) 1984 by George Orwell
7.) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
8.) The Design Of Future Things by Don Norman
9.) The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (Many Short Stories)
10.) Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
11.) 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
12.) Futurewise by Patrick Dixon
13.) The Shape Of Things To Come by H.G. Wells
14.) The Future of the Future by John McHale
15.) 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur Clarke
16.) Googie: Ultra Modern Roadside Architecture by Alan Hess
17.) Nightfall by Issac Asimov
18.) I, Robot by Issac Asimov
19.) Popular Science Magazine
20.) The Film 2012 

5 Excerpts

"All I know is it's really the end of the beginning. The Stone Age, Bronze Age,

Iron Age; from now on we'll lump all those together under one big name for when

we walked on Earth and heard the birds at morning and cried with envy. Maybe

we'll call it the Earth Age, or maybe the Age of Gravity."

-From Ray Bradbury's The End Of The Beginning, Published in 1956.
Country- U.S.A

"With the marked increase in temperature changes, very important alterations will take place in nature. Trees will grow faster and will become more fragile... Much more serious: many more coastlines could become uninhabitable. Seven of the worlds biggest cities are ports, and a third of the world's population lives on a coastline... Eco-exiles will become ten times more numerous by 2050."
-From Jacques Attali's
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century.
Published in 2006.
Country-France

"Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species."

-From Bill Joy's Why the Future Doesn't Need Us.
Published 2004.
Country-U.S.A

"We have no record or knowledge that [the Maya] would think the world would come to an end" in 2012."

-Quote from Susan Milbrath, The Florida Museum Of Natural History 1990

Dialouge poem

Look sir, it's beautiful out here
It's dark as night
But somehow it's clear

Yes, indeed I feel like I can finally breath
Like i'm swimming. Swimming in a midnight sea
This world is an ocean
And time is only a moment
When it passes
I hardly notice

I feel the same
Weightless, free from my pain
In a kingdom of velvet
I still remain

Yes sir yes it's an impossible world
But here we are, in the stars
Surrounded by pearls
Oh, there's diamonds, there's crystals
Comets race, shooting missles
But only the sound of a melodic whistle

Yes, i've heard
But i've also seen
An infite sky of crystalized dreams
It's never night
But never morning
It can drive you mad
But it's never boring

Yes sir i agree.
Time is just not real here
We've been here a day
No, we've been here a year
Oh, what's the point
It's been a while
That much is clear

Good point captain I'll try my best
I can't let it get to me
End up like the rest
Like Smith, Williams, Green, and Commander Mays
Somewhere out there, millions of miles away
Somewhere floating, never resting.
What are the called?

Traveling graves

Until they land on the sun
Crashing down as waves

Some will travel to Saturn's rings
And some to the Moon
Through the dark they will sing
a familiar tune

Tragic sir, it really is
i hate to see them
end up like this
But it's part of this game
It's not for the weak
It's for those with heart
Those who seek
Soon we will find
We'll discover the deep

It sounds like a beautiful place to me sir
I like the sounds
I like the taste
I've got to ask
What is this endless place?

This sir,
Is Outer Space