Every year thousands of books become obsolete. Maps are updated, Travel guides add newhotels, and scientists develop new technology however there are other timeswhen event happens that changes history or an authors theory is just plaingets it wrong. Below are 10 examples ofbooks that didnt stand the tests of time.
Books that failed tostand the test of time.
The Millennium Bug : How to Survive the Coming Chaos by Michael S. Hyatt
1998
Thisaccount outlines an ominous view of how computer systems will be able to dealwith the year 2000 problem. Power grids will go dark, 911 call centers descendinto chaos, Visa cards die, and the industrialized world is reduced to huntingand gathering in Hyatt's millennium nightmare. In reality the only blackoutsthat occurred were from one too many glasses of millennium cheer.
The Nixon Nobody Knows by Henry D. Spalding
1972
An intimate glimpse into the Presidents private life exposingeverything Except that Watergate thing that he was planning for two yearslater.
Apple:The Inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania, and Business Blunders by Jim Carlton
1977
There may have been a shaky start butwith after Steve Jobs successes with the Macintosh 128k in the 1980s andcompany recent successes with the iPod, iPhone, iMac and iTunes I personallythink Carlton got it wrong.
Born to Run The O. J. Simpson Story by Larry Fox
1974
Written at the height of his NFL careeras a running back the books author Larry Fox could never have predicted OJsrun from the LAPD in his white bronco almost 20 years later.
Esperanto The World Interlanguage by George Allan Connor
1948
Esperantowas a constructed language developed in the late 1800s, which could supposedlybe learned in a fraction of the time taken to learn a traditionallanguage. Much was touted in the early20th century that Esperanto would alleviate language barrierproblems but the concept never took off.
Money and Investments by Montgomery Rollins
1928
A reference book for the use of those desiring information in thehandling of money or the investment thereof, however with Black Tuesday occurringthe following year anyone taking this investment advice may have ended up inthe poor house.
Spoiling for a Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer by Brooke A. Masters
2006
In2006 The Rise of Eliot Spitzer was published describing the ruthless ways inwhich he cracked down on unethical financial institutions. In 2008 the Fall ofEliot Spitzer was recorded in the newspapers, over his involvement with highprice escort services.
Teen Dreams: Rob Lowe by MarciFredricks
1985
Published in 1985 Teen Dreams depictsLowe as the object of young womens desires, but in 1988 this Brat Pack foundhimself one of the first celebrities scandalized by a sex tape in which he was,ironically, with a 16 year old girl.
True Brit: The Story of Singing Sensation by Sheryl Berk
1999
Written in 1999 when Britney was the squeaky clean, formerMousecateer, and childrens roll model.Now less then a decade later shes still on the front pages but its notfor her singing.
In with the Euro, Out withthe Pound: Single Currency for Britain by ChristopherJohnson
1999
Nearly a decade after being written andthere is no hint of Brittan dropping the Pound.
Asyou can see writing about the future is a precarious business but even someauthors are ticked by sciences inability to invent everything our minds candream up. Daniel Wilson wrote an entirebook about our distinct lack of moon colonies, flying cars and ray gunsentitled Where's My Jetpack?
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