HOVERBOARDS: A SNEAK PEAK

The guide starts with a Hoverboard Manual from Tally’s era, which gives you tips on riding, repairing, and caring for your very own hoverboard. The manual and other sections of Bogus were illustrated by Craig Phillips, an Australian cartoonist.

Here’s a sneak preview of one bit of manual art:

From the book:

"Hoverboards are an old science fiction idea: a magnetically levitating surface halfway in size between a surfboard and a skateboard. I figured that boarders would wear magnetic crash bracelets, so if they fell off they wouldn’t splat.
And once you had that technology around, you’d probably make some bungee jackets, a way to jump from burning buildings . . . or just to have fun.

Scott Westerfeld Trivia: All of my books have some kind of flying, climbing, or falling in them. I have flying dreams, and in college I used to climb buildings. But don’t try these things at home (or at college).