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The futurist : a novel

Yates is a Futurist. Which is to say, he makes a very good living flying around the world dispensing premonitory wisdom, a.k.a. prepackaged B.S., to world governments, corporations, and global leadership conferences. An optimist by trade and a cynic by choice, he's the kind of man who can give a lecture, on successive days, to a leading pesticide manufacturer and to the Organic Farmers of America, and receive standing ovations at both. But just as the American Empire is beginning to fray around the edges, so too is Yates's carefully scripted existence ... This novel that is fueled by equal parts corrosive satire, genuine physical fear, and heartfelt moral anguish.--From publisher description.

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  • "Yates is a Futurist. Which is to say, he makes a very good living flying around the world dispensing premonitory wisdom, a.k.a. prepackaged B.S., to world governments, corporations, and global leadership conferences. An optimist by trade and a cynic by choice, he's the kind of man who can give a lecture, on successive days, to a leading pesticide manufacturer and to the Organic Farmers of America, and receive standing ovations at both. But just as the American Empire is beginning to fray around the edges, so too is Yates's carefully scripted existence ... This novel that is fueled by equal parts corrosive satire, genuine physical fear, and heartfelt moral anguish.--From publisher description."
  • "Yates is a Futurist. Which is to say, he makes a very good living flying around the world dispensing premonitory wisdom, a.k.a. prepackaged B.S., to world governments, corporations, and global leadership conferences. An optimist by trade and a cynic by choice, he's the kind of man who can give a lecture, on successive days, to a leading pesticide manufacturer and to the Organic Farmers of America, and receive standing ovations at both. But just as the American Empire is beginning to fray around the edges, so too is Yates's carefully scripted existence ... This novel that is fueled by equal parts corrosive satire, genuine physical fear, and heartfelt moral anguish.--From publisher description."@en
  • "Yates is a Futurist. Which is a fancy way of saying he flies around the world, lecturing various conferences, confabs, and conglomerates, dispensing prepackaged bullshit in an attempt to stay just ahead of the latest trend and claim he saw it first. But now Yates has lost faith in the very future that he's paid to sell and gives what should be a career-ending rant. Instead, a mysterious governmental group hires him to travel the globe and discover why the world seems to hate America. From Middle Eastern war zones to Polynesian superluxe corporate retreats, James Othmer takes us on a mordantly hilarious journey through corporate double-speak and global unrest to find the truth beneath the buzz. From the Trade Paperback edition."
  • "Unexpectedly dumped by his girlfriend, Yates, the Futurist -- a man who's made his living as a paid spokesman for the wonders that await us -- rewrites his keynote speech for a high-profile conference, admitting that he has no idea what's going to happen, much less what's going on now. It's career suicide, but, surprisingly, he finds himself more in demand than ever and accepts a job from two shadowy government agents who give him unlimited resources and ask simply that he take the world's pulse."

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  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Satire"
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  • "Electronic books"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Humorous stories"

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  • "ha-ʻAtidan"
  • "Futuristen"@sv
  • "The futurist : a novel"
  • "The futurist : a novel"@en
  • "העתידן"
  • "The Futurist : a novel"@en
  • "The futurist a novel"
  • "The futurist a novel"@en
  • "The futurist"
  • "L'uomo che vendeva il futuro"@it
  • "L'uomo che vendeva il futuro"

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