The Future According To Me (Kindle Single) ( Was $0.99/$0.99)

Great future satire microfictions Scott Stein #2011-07-20

Several dozen short-burst views of the future emerge like little strange worlds, making the 20 pages or so last far more than standard fiction. Kutner's got humor chops, but he also blends some Vonnegut, Italo Calvino, and They Might Be Giants-style aesthetics in here, too. Great stuff, and well worth a buck.

Value far exceeds the price! AlpineScott #2011-07-20

I highly recommend this glimse into the future of our kind. This hilarious book, takes a short time to read, but will have you thinking (and smiling) for hours after your done. The perfect book for a future filled with A.D.D. sufferers. Shell out the .99, it's more than worth it.

Hilarious! Raychel #2011-07-20

I got this book last night and it had me laughing from the introduction! Its several short stories/theories with a funny spin. The book is awesome, but what else would we expect from the author of Apocalypse How?! It's worth way more than 99 cents. Do yourself a favor and read.

Future-tastic David Waghalter #2011-07-20

"Apocolypse How" author Rob Kutner goes back to the future (see what I did there?) with this short book of bite-size predictions, oracular visions, and absurd preposterousnesses. Download it right quick-like, sneak your kindle and/or kindle-enabled device into the office bathroom, and make your co-workers wonder (and fear) what all the stall-giggling is about.

Brilliant! atomictestsprove #2011-07-19

This was my first kindle single and also my first real read from this author. Found out about this through following him on twitter. I must confess, as soon as I downloaded this I sat and read it in its entirety before I could put down my phone (where I have my kindle app). Witty and just the type of humor I enjoy. I know I'll be re-reading this one and recommending to friends family and co-workers. Here's hoping he writes another soon! Well worth the 99 cents. What are you waiting for, go read it now! It will make you smile, and maybe stop to consider which one of these creatively imagined futures you think may come true. (One of my favourites - because I was most scared of it - was the future concerning hipster aliens!)

Trippy, funny and irresistible! plaidearthworm #2011-07-22

Fun, quick read...I love how Kutner takes reality and twists it into hilarious balloon animals of doom. Buy this and keep it on your phone so you, too, can read it in public places and make inappropriate snorts of laughter.

Fight the Future Stephen E. Sandberg #2011-07-22

Rob Kutner's "The Future According to Me" is a brief, wonderful and thought-provoking piece of writing. Told simply in no more than 2 pages each, these stories bring hilariously exaggerated and terrifying visions of the future to life. Let's just hope it's not too accurate.

Sincerely,

The Gay Jewish Lizard-People

Rob Kutner's Future Sesame St. Maven "SS #2011-07-22

Futurists take note: The Future according to Rob Kutner is not only very imaginative, insightful and funny, some of the 35 short chapters describe what may well be the life our heirs and assigns will lead the day after tomorrow. Also, there's probably the germ of a screenplay in every chapter.

I won't spoil any of the book by going into detail, but if your IQ is higher than your age, you will enjoy it.

'The Future' is Ridiculously Funny! Joanna Nuval "janewa #2011-07-20

Rob Kutner delivers another Apocalyptic masterpiece with his new book, 'The Future According To Me', containing 35 different futuristic scenarios, each one even more ridiculous and hilarious than the next (but not in that order). This book gives the classic, 'The House on Mango Street', a run for its money. Literally. The 99-cents you pay for this 20-page e-book is a steal!

One of my personal favorite scenarios of the bunch is one entitled, "It's All You", which tells of a society heavily relied on technology. The line, "You punch him in the penis and plug yourself back in", is one that will be stuck in my head for a LONG time. Thank you, Mr. Kutner.

Into the future: some things better, some things worse Rett01 #2011-07-21

To borrow a thought from the writer, in the future you'll be able to change your personal parts as easily as you change your pants.

That's going to be fun and it's only one little thing that will be very different 40 years from right now. In "The Future According to Me," Rob Kutner gives us a heads-up on 35 of the "differencies" (as well as forecast what tomorrow will be like, he likes to make up words of the future) we might expect.

Some things, Kutner says, will be better. As he foresees it, we've finally plugged that pesky ozone hole (with something like galactic spackle). We've found 16 and a quarter of the missing 18 and a half minutes of Nixon's audio tapes.

Some things will be worse. We've beaten global warming but we've managed to overcompensate and now it's always kind of cold outside and the plants we eat don't like it. Perhaps worst of all we've extended life to the point that the Baby Boomers will probably never exit the stage. And then some things will just be a change. We have time travel and as a result AAA has updated its name to AAAA.

I could go on, but you get the idea. Kutner gives us a pastiche of what he thinks is pending. It's a short read. It's cheap; you can download it and zip right through it. It's good for some laughs. Just don't be too critical and don't scrutinize things too closely. And don't take anything in it too seriously. "The Future According to Me" is cotton candy for the mind. Kutner predicts that it will be a Kindle best seller. As far as that goes, let's wait and see what the future holds.
[3.5 stars]