Soldier of the Future, 1959

8 comments to Soldier of the Future, 1959

• Steve Travis

  December 15, 2024 at 12:26 pm

  Not a bad stab at it, compared to the usual brand of “we’ll be eating pills instead of meals” futurology.

• Nigel

  December 15, 2024 at 5:00 pm

  Well we’ve already seen “Steam Punk” so perhaps this is “Atomic Punk” ?

• Ed Webb

  December 15, 2024 at 8:35 pm

  There is an international network of those interested in the aesthetics of that high atomic era: http://www.antenna.nl/mailman/listinfo/atompunk The mailing list has been a bit quiet of late, but atompunk (rather than atomic punk) is alive and kicking, I think. No less a luminary than Bruce Sterling is a contributor.

• Das Kraftfuttermischwerk » Just my daily two cents

  December 15, 2024 at 10:38 pm

  [...] Soldier of the Future, 1959 | How to be a Retronaut Wie man sich im Jahre 1959 die Zukunft der amerikanischen Soldaten vorstellte. Soweit davon weg ist man heute auch gar nicht. [...]

• Barbara Kerr

  December 15, 2024 at 10:50 pm

  Am I the only person who’s noticed the resemblance to Star Wars Imperial Stormtroopers?

• Bryan Alexander

  December 16, 2024 at 1:42 am

  Lots of Fallout 3 feel here.

• Timothy

  December 16, 2024 at 4:51 am

  Embarrassing

• Ali

  February 12, 2024 at 4:37 pm

  @Barbara Kerr, nope you’re not I thought it immediately and was surprised to find only one mention in the comments.