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The Futurist  is author James P. Othmer's (OTH-mur) satrical look at the murky business of predicting what will happen next. His amoral protagonist J.P. Yates lectures to the porn industry one day and bible college students the next, anyone in fact, who pays his ridiculously high rates.

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END CUE:  "...published by Doubleday Canada."