{"product_id":"the-day-it-finally-happens-9781473685574","title":"The Day It Finally Happens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA speculative glimpse at the numerous possibilities of how the world will end and what happens when it does, written by VICE journalist Mike Pearl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliantly anxiety affirming\u003c\/b\u003e...Thanks to Mike Pearl, I can now claim my constant feeling of dread is based on expert interviews and careful scientific research. * Zach Weinersmith, coauthor of Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and\/or Ruin Everything *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003edeeply entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e-if occasionally horrifying-imagining of a world where the unlikely has become the reality. * Joshua Piven, author of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Day It Finally Happens\u003c\/i\u003e got my brain buzzing with stories that bring together fantasy and reality. The well-researched speculations induce daydreams and nightmares and mark \u003cb\u003eMike Pearl as one of his generation's most interesting writers.\u003c\/b\u003e * Alec Ross, New York Times bestselling author of The Industries of the Future *\u003cbr\u003eIn his \u003cb\u003efascinating book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Day It Finally Happens \u003c\/i\u003ejournalist Mike Pearl, who admits almost gleefully that he suffers from generalized anxiety disorder and extended stretches of panic, imagines the future and is shocked by what he foresees.  Think Woody Allen meets Alvin Toffler.  Just as Toffler's \u003ci\u003eFuture Shock \u003c\/i\u003eset a standard for crystal ball gazing decades ago, Pearl's mighty oak of a book gives us a sobering, and at times humorous, assessment of what's on today's horizon.  When you present a litany of dire statistics, as Pearl often does, it's wise to preserve a sense of humor. Pearl has that in abundance.  He's a funny guy, but with a serious side. \u003cb\u003e I came away from \u003ci\u003eThe Day It Finally Happens \u003c\/i\u003ebubbling with new information, and hopeful-but not certain-of a better future.\u003c\/b\u003e * Charles Panati, author of Panati’s Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Day It Finally Happens\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eunlike anything I've ever read\u003c\/b\u003e. It's a bit like losing yourself in a thrumming kaleidoscope of our favorite hypothetical futures, which range from looming hellscapes to our most durable dreams-but you'll be surprisingly well-informed when you finally come to in the present. \u003cb\u003eSharp, comic, blunt, and justifiably anxious\u003c\/b\u003e, Pearl is the ideal tour guide to what lies ahead. You'll probably find yourself, as I did, flipping to the next scenario, and the next, long past any sane hour of the night. \u003cb\u003ePearl's investigations into the worlds of tomorrow are never anything less than engrossing\u003c\/b\u003e. * Brian Merchant, bestselling author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone *\u003cbr\u003eAlternately reassuring and hair-raising, \u003ci\u003eThe Day It Finally Happens\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers surprising answers to all those 'What if?' questions that keep us up at night. \u003cb\u003eIt's like peering through a crack in time at what lies ahead and feeling yourself unable to take your eyes away.\u003c\/b\u003e Trust Mike Pearl to be your intrepid guide to the future. * David Feldman, author of Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? and Why Do Fish Sleep? *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI was floored by the detail in this survey of looming doom\u003c\/b\u003e. Whether you intend to survive the cataclysm or merely drown passively in a tsunami of fire you should be versed in every one of these scenarios. Remember to keep a small bag packed! * John Roderick, host of the Omnibus Project Podcast, an apocalypse primer *","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739549479255,"sku":"9781473685574","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473685574.jpg?v=1720052558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-day-it-finally-happens-9781473685574","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}