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Future History

Future History or future history may refer to:

  • Future history, postulated history of the future
  • Future History (Heinlein), series of stories by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Future History (album), by Jason Derulo
Future History (Heinlein)

The Future History, by Robert A. Heinlein, describes a projected future of the human race from the middle of the 20th century through the early 23rd century. The term Future History was coined by John W. Campbell, Jr. in the February 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Campbell published an early draft of Heinlein's chart of the series in the March 1941 issue.

Heinlein wrote most of the Future History stories early in his career, between 1939 and 1941 and between 1945 and 1950. Most of the Future History stories written prior to 1967 are collected in The Past Through Tomorrow, which also contains the final version of the chart. That collection does not include Universe and Common Sense; they were published separately as Orphans of the Sky.

The Future History was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series in 1966, along with the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the Lensman series by E. E. Smith, the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and The Lord of the Rings series by J. R. R. Tolkien, but lost to Asimov's Foundation series.

Future History (album)

Future History is the second studio album by American singer Jason Derulo, released on September 16, 2011. As the executive producer of the album, Derulo collaborated with several record producers, including DJ Frank E, The Fliptones, The Outerlimits, Emanuel Kiriakou, RedOne, Jai Marlon and frequent collaborator J.R. Rotem, among others.

Upon its release, Future History received mixed reviews from music critics. In the United States, the album debuted at number 29 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 13,000 copies, significantly fewer than his debut album a year prior. The album reached the top ten in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and the top twenty in Ireland and Switzerland.

Preceding the album's release was the lead single " Don't Wanna Go Home", which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and became Derulo's second number one on the UK Singles Chart. " It Girl" was released as the album's second single, which reached the top ten in several countries. " Breathing" and " Fight for You" were released with moderate success, as the album's third and fourth singles, respectively. " Undefeated" was released as the first single from the platinum edition of the album in 2012.

Usage examples of "future history".

Previous to his time no mention is made of the nephews or families of any pontiff, but future history is full of them.

Kim Stanley Robinsons monumental Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars)a future history of the Red Planet from its colonization through its struggle for independence from Earthhas been hailed a modern classic and acknowledged a landmark of twentieth-century science fiction.

Moreover, chaos explains the major salient feature of his future history-an amnesia that debilitates quadrillions of people for hundreds of generations.