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First published 2007

© Daniel H. Wilson, 2007

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ISBN: 978-1-5969-1136-9 (PB)
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Wilson, Daniel H. (Daniel Howard), 1978— Where’s my jetpack?: a guide to the amazing science fiction future that never arrived / Daniel H. Wilson. 1st U.S. ed. p. cm. ISBN: 978-1-59691-136-0 (PB) 978-1-59691-136-9(ePub) 1. Inventions—Miscellanea 2. Inventions—History 3. Inventions—Humor 4. Forecasting—Miscellanea. I. Title II. Title: Where’s my jetpack?: a guide to the amazing science fiction future that never arrived. III: Title: Amazing science fiction future that never arrived. T49.5.W546 2007 600—dc22 2006021683

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