Category: Bleeding Edge
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Live like the Jetsons!
Future Travel Abels 1980 Submitter: This book is nonfiction. Yes, really. It was in our 629s, and now it is at my desk so I can show it to all the teachers who wonder where all the “lovely books” have gone. The lovely ones are still on the shelves. Books…
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The Final Frontier
You and Space Travel Lewellen 1951 Believe it or not, I found this among an active public library youth collection. Seriously, 1951 on space travel. Here I was griping about stuff on space from the early sixties or this one from the 1980s. According to WorldCat, there are plenty of university…
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The End of the World
The Atomic Bomb and the Word of God Smith 1945 This piece of cold war ephemera was published within months of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. Smith, a faculty member of Moody Bible Institute and Fuller Theological Seminary, was a prolific writer on scripture and biblical prophesy.…
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It’s a Wang!
Word Processing on Wang Systems Williford 1984 Submitter: Now stop laughing, Beavis. Wang Computers are a real thing and were moderately successful in the 1980s. However, the company no longer exists, and most offices probably retired their Wangs in the early 1990s. THREE copies of this book were on the…
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Doesn’t this look fun? Computers A to Z
The Computer from A to Z Kalman 1999 Well, these kids sure look like they’re having a good time. Computers must be GREAT! Why on earth would you use this image for the cover of this book? Let’s make computers look as boring and frustrating as possible. Also, what the…
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Phun with Phones!
What Makes a Telephone Work Darwin 1970 That phone on the cover is the latest and greatest technology, according to the book. THERE ARE NO DIALS! Gasp! Touch Tone is the wave of the future! I am old enough to remember rotary phones, party lines, and only one area code…
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