Soonish Audiobook by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
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Title: Soonish Subtitle: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything Author: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith Narrator: Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 10-31-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 137 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology

Publisher's Summary: From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilarious investigation into future technologies - from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3-D organ printing. What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why do we not have a lunar colony already? What is the holdup? In this smart and funny book, celebrated cartoonist Zach Weinersmith and noted researcher Dr. Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of what's coming next - from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters. By weaving their own research and interviews with the scientists who are making these advances happen, the Weinersmiths investigate why these technologies are needed, how they would work, and what is standing in their way. New technologies are almost never the work of isolated geniuses with a neat idea. A given future technology may need any number of intermediate technologies to develop first, and many of these critical advances may appear to be irrelevant when they are first discovered. The journey to progress is full of strange detours and blind alleys that tell us so much about the human mind and the march of civilization. To this end, Soonish investigates 10 different emerging fields, from programmable matter to augmented reality, from space elevators to robotic construction, to show us the amazing world we will have, you know, soonish.

Members Reviews: Hitchhikers Guide to the Future The Weinersmiths book is to popular science/futurology what John Oliver is to investigative journalism

Read This Book Soon! (-ish) This book is at least an order of magnitude more fascinating than funny, which is impressive because it is quite funny! I gained a much less clear, but much more nuanced and accurate idea of what four future holds. If a person likes new technology at all in any form, I highly recommend this book.

Bravo, encore! There is absolutely nothing to dislike about this book. The content, as complex and confounding as it is, was easy to understand and it really got me thinking. The presentation, masterful. I love and share your sense of humor and will hold up with you during the uprising in 2027 (perhaps in a coffee shop in Bowling Green). If my science classes were taught by Zach & Kelly I would have had a much greater understanding of all things science and probably be continuing Einsteins work today. Footnote: Its my opinion and I have a right to it! Please make more stuff like this...

Interesting subjects, needlessly humorized The spacefaring and nanobot-material chapters were truly great. The biomass and organprinting chapters not so much. But I can see that is purely based on my personal interest, so shouldn't hold you back. I liked the structure of the book. All the chapters are sort of standalone, which made for an easy to understand book. I found the humor to be too much though. They try hard to make subjects more exciting by joking a lot. But for their audience (nerdy popular science people), they should've known that rocket science doesn't need jokes. Nerds don't find rocket science boring! Also, I think they should have hired a professional narrator for recording it. It shows that narrating is not for everyone.

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