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Explosive . . . brilliantly formulated. --The Wall Street Journal A spectacular outcrop of a formidable, organized intellectual effort. --Manchester Guardian Revealing, exciting, encouraging, brilliant. --The Christian Science Monitor Immensely readable. --Newsweek Alvin Toffler has sent something of a shock-wave through Western society. --London Daily Express To the elite . . . who often get committed to age-old institutions or material goals alone, let Toffler's Future Shock be a lesson and a warning. --The Times of India The best study of our times that I know. . . . Of all the books that I have read in the last 20 years, it is by far the one that has taught me the most. --Le Figaro

Revealing, exciting, encouraging, brilliant. --The Christian Science Monitor In the risky business of social and cultural criticism, there appears an occasional book that manages . . . to shape our perceptions of its times. Alvin Toffler's immensely readable yet disquieting study may service the same purpose for our own increasingly volatile world. --Newsweek Alvin Toffler has sent something of a shock-wave through Western society. --Daily Express (London) To the elite . . . who often get committed to age-old institutions or material goals alone, let Toffler's Future Shock be a lesson and a warning. --The Time of India

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Alvin Toffler (1928-2016) was an American writer and futurist whose list of bestselling books includes Future Shock, The Third Wave, and Powershift. He was a cofounder of Toffler Associates, a consulting firm for companies and governments worldwide on advances in economics, technology, and social change. In France, where his work won the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre tranger (Best Foreign Book Prize), Alvin was named an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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