The latest in my ongoing series of photos from my travel: discarded books on the streets of New York (near Union Square). Note Future Shock at the top of the pile. In my experience, this is one of North America's most discarded books -- it's a reliable yard-sale find, a couple copies can be had at any decent used book store, and they even turn up on the street sometimes. I've sometimes dreamed of rescuing all these poor, abandoned futures and making a ziggurat out of them.
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Update: From the comments, Vincent sez, "Here's even more Future Shock color-based art." (Photo: "Lots of Future Shock" by Joshua Callaghan)
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