Book Log 2008 #59: Jetpack Dreams by Mac Montandon
Fueled by memories of men dashing around in jetpacks as a vision of our future, Montandon sets out to find the people who are still trying to make the jetpack work, a mix of dreamers, tinkerers and, as demonstrated by a jetpack-related murder, the occasional psychotic. Beyond this, he also takes a little time to talk about the meaning of the jetpack as an icon of a future promised but unmet, where we don't have jetpacks, meals in capsule form, or other Jetson-like conveniences.
It's a fun book and worth the read, though at some of the sections more focused on his personal life things felt a bit draggy. But I suppose that'd be hard to avoid when your topic is jetpacks.
31 December 2008
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