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''The Third Millennium: A History of the World AD 2000-3000'' is a 1985 book by Brian Stableford and David Langford. It is a fictional historical account, from the perspective of the year 3000, giving a future history of humanity and its technological and sociologial developments. ==Plot== Some of the developments mentioned include: * Implementation of fusion power. * Genetic engineering, including life extension and transhumanism as some humans become engineered to live in extreme environments such as cold, zero-g, and even water-breathing humans for aquatic communities. * Geopolitical events such as war, famine, pestilence, and terrorism (as well as the "Sinking of Japan" by an earthquake). * Bioengineered foods including whimiscal items such as the Jack Spratt Grass Chop, photosynthetic suits grafted to human skin meant to provide a means of sustinance without eating. * Self-driving automobiles (the "Tiger-Dream Machine" from Ford Autocar). * L5 (Lagrange Point) space colonies such as those proposed by scientist Gerard K. O'Neill. * Asteroid mining (such as the "Cracking of Ceres"). * Artificial intelligence. * Extreme cosmetic body modification such as skin with pockets, flashing irises, fur, claws, and fingernails which function as timepieces. * Sublight starships such as the Bussard Ramjet. * Terraforming. * Interstellar colonization, and eventual extraterrestrial contact. As this book was written in the 1980s, some predictions for the near future were off - for example, the Soviet Union was predicted to exist as late as the year 2800. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Third Millennium: A History of the World AD 2000-3000」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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