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Encyclopedia > Future Shocks
Cover to Alan Moore's Shocking Futures. Art by Kevin O'Neill.
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Cover to Alan Moore's Shocking Futures. Art by Kevin O'Neill.

Future Shocks is the name given to a long running series of short strips in the weekly comic book 2000AD. Kevin ONeill is a British comic illustrator. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... 2000 AD logo 2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. ...


Publishing history

The series began in issue 25 of 2000AD titled Tharg's Future Shocks in a single short story written by Steve Moore, who also created the format. This established the pattern of the series which would be two or three page short stories which were normally self-contained. Tharg, drawn by Kevin Walker Tharg the Mighty is a recurrent character in science fiction comic 2000 AD, one of only two characters to appear in nearly every issue of the comic (the other being Judge Dredd). ... Steve Moore is a prolific British comics writer. ...


These stories would be a testing ground for new artists and writers and creators such as Peter Milligan, Alan Davis, Alan Moore and Grant Morrison found some of their earliest work published as Future Shocks. Peter Milligan is an Irish writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work. ... Alan Davis is a British writer and artist of comic books. ... Alan Moore Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton, England) is a British writer most famous for his work in comics. ... Grant Morrison (January 31, 1960 - ) is a comic book writer and artist born in Glasgow, Scotland. ...


Some characters proved popular enough to spin into their own ongoing story in 2000AD, D.R. and Quinch being one of the most notable examples. 2000AD also began several other science fiction and horror short stories under several different titles, Time Twisters being the best known. However Future Shocks remains the best known of all of 2000AD's series of short stories. Cover of . ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Horror can mean several things: Horror (emotion) Horror fiction Horror film This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


Two collections of Alan Moore's Future Shocks (Alan Moore's Shocking Futures)and Time Twisters (Alan Moore's Twisted Times) stories were released by Titan Books in 1986. Titan Books is a UK publisher of graphic novels. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Future Shock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (246 words)
Future Shock is a controversial book written by the sociologist and futurologist Alvin Toffler in 1970.
Future shock is also a term for certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies, introduced by Toffler in his book of the same name.
Toffler's shortest definition of future shock is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time." The concept of future shock bears resemblance to the early 21st century concept of "The Technological singularity".
Michael Anissimov - Future Shock Level Analysis (5267 words)
An example of a statement likely to incur future shock in the contemporary layperson might be: "barring any major disasters, there's a strong possibility that medical nanotechnology will eventually be used to cure all diseases and extend human lifespan indefinitely".
Future shock is a genuine problem in our world, causing millions to withold support from humanitarian projects that hinge on a thorough understanding of technological futurism.
Future shock is defined by Yudkowsky (1999) as being "impressed, frightened, or blindly enthusiastic" towards the future, or specific social or technological advances.
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