Imagine what a dictionary might look like about thirty years hence, when all of the world's problems are solved and our current dictionaries are a distant memory. Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss have lined up an incredible array of writers to bring you that futuristic dictionary and a vision of the world as it might be. Think of it as a dictionary of language for describing what the future could look like - a dictionary that is both useful and romantic, hopeful and necessary, pragmatic and idealistic, and frequently funny. This is science fiction but with a difference.

Future Dictionary of America

Reference

Foer, Jonathan Safran et al. (editors)

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

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Literature & Fiction

Eggers, Dave.

Contemporary

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Humor

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Lemon

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Essays & Correspondence

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