A series of stories cover several inventions and breakthroughs that could have occurred in an imagined Post-World War II America. They cover microwave faxing and storage, brain wave mental therapy, alongevity serum from the Soviet Union, synthetic gasoline from corn, electronic medical treatments, new zodiacs in astrology, cloud-seeding for whether control, a universal antiviral compound, , advanced steam- powered autos, a cure for alcoholism, advanced mirror therapy, and a major conflict between two schools of 1946 futurists.