Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Free tech books

[Richard Smedley]

Iain Roberts wrote:
> The Mighty Micro (1979)  ["A twenty-hour working week and retirement at fifty

Retirement at 75 is looking like a pipe-dream, but the increases in
productivity in the last 25 years would easily have funded a 15 hour
week, had the wealth not been transferred elsewhere. Oh well.

> ...a front door that opens only for you and a car that anticipates dangers on 
> the road
>...a "wristwatch" which monitors your heart and blood pressure...an 
entire library
> stored in the space occupied by just one of today's books...Science 
fiction?  No,
> for by the year 2000, Dr Christopher Evans predicts, all this will be 
part of our
> everyday lives"]

Not bad, though like most futurologists he missed the Internet's
implications. I've been reading some vintage Asimov lately &
the combination of hits & misses is sometimes as entertaining
as the stories :-)  [Disclaimer, I personally can't predict
accurately even a few hours ahead, as my bookmaker will testify ;]

> Electronic computers made simple (1967)

I'd be interested in reading this one, if it's still available?

Thanks,

 - Richard