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Fri, 04/11/2008 - 16:24 - NLN

The future just isn't what it used to be: We were supposed to be driving flying cars in the 1950s and settling down on the moon by 2001, right? Some of those old standbys of science fiction seem to be as far out of reach as ever -- while in other areas, real-world developments have outpaced science fiction by a long shot. Why do visions of the future so often miss the mark?

In a new book, science-fiction author Nick Sagan delves into how we've changed the future - and how the future could change us.

"You Call This the Future?" -- co-written with Mark Frary and Andy Walker -- deals with many of the futures-gone-awry assessed in other books, such as Daniel Wilson's "Where's My Jetpack?"

Read full story at MSNBC.