What are currently the essential books on futurism?

Popular Futurism Books. (showing 1-50 of 1,250). The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (Trade Paperback) by. Ray Kurzweil · (shelved 57 times as futurism) avg rating 3.94 — 24,696 ratings — published 2005. read more

For one of the best Gene Wolfe books, this is a terrific collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, and features his 1974 Nebula award-winning story, The Death of Doctor Island. These human stories defy genre, and helped solidify Wolfe as a giant of American fiction. read more

Futurism Futurists or futurologists are scientists and social scientists whose specialty is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities about the future and how they can emerge from the present, whether that of human society in particular or of life on Earth in general. read more