2000, when Thomas L. Brown wrote STRETCH! - 21 Events That Will Rock The Next Century, he celebrated the millennium in an H. G. Wells way: by predicting events that would happen over the next 100 years. These faux news reports (on the "FiveShadow News Network") are designed to stimulate thinking by foreshadowing radical and revolutionary scenarios that could happen.

• A PolluPlague epidemic?
• Marrying — without ever meeting?
• Madam President?
• Terrorists forming a unified army?
• Goodbye to the British pound?
• An "I Spy" scandal in Japan?
• Babies — in space?

Tom Brown's projections stir interest because of their unique point of view: it's science fiction for leaders. Sure, it's no sure thing that any of these events will happen; but what if they do? How will leaders respond?

Futurist Joel Barker says, "Clearly, Tom is not trying to be purely prophetic.... Take this book for what it really is — a catalyst to force you to think about the various ways things might be."

Formatted in Adobe Acrobat®, the links to the right are read-only. Amazon.com offers a printable PDF that includes all the digital art by Dave Pierson.

Was Tom wrong about what would happen in 2003 — or just premature? And what about 2007... and beyond?