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Raygun Gothic

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.

See also: Raygun Gothic at TVTropes

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Interesting read.

What are your overly optimistic predictions about life in 2125?

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[–] can 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What a fascinating way to describe it

Edit: is this your blog?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nope, just something I stumbled across. It is really interesting how he was wrong on some of these, but only in the way he saw it going down.

[–] can 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oh good, because it's not proofread well lo

Edit: an interesting read nonetheless