Where's My Jetpack? by Daniel Wilson
Remember those ads in the back of comics promoting a Utopian lifestyle of the future? That hasn't quite happened yet, and a new book, Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived ($11), tells us why in a tongue-in-cheek style. Author and roboticist Daniel Wilson reminds us about things like moon colonies and teleportation as he explores which long promised future techs exist and which are still pipe dreams.