The Future Was Color overwritten by Patrick Nathan fails to connect the dots between the Hungarian revolution, being gay in the mid 20th century and the current world crisis. And if you add the sci-elements, your reader is further distracted. Nathan first person narrator appears to be the author rather than a character. Not sure the point of this device was. Yes, some poetic passages are admirable but they slow down what little plot there is about George-painter turned screenwriter.