The Usborne Book of the Future

February 1, 2008 Mick West 1 Comment

I must have read this book a thousand times when I was young.Â Finally someone scanned it, and stuck it in an online museum:

http://www.pointlessmuseum.com/museum/usbornebookofthefutureindex.php

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