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20 Sci-Fi Books That Successfully Predicted the Future

Does science fiction predict the future or does it merely inspire future discoveries?
That's the question these 15 books force readers to ask themselves as they read about computer hackers, bionic limbs, and iPads, all thought up by authors decades and sometimes centuries before the inventions were created.
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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Looking Backward
Looking Backward
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The World Set Free (H.G. Wells)
The World Set Free (H.G. Wells)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
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Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
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Cyborg (Martin Caidin)
Cyborg (Martin Caidin)
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer
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From the Earth to the Moon; And, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
From the Earth to the Moon; And, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
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With the Night Mail (Rudyard Kipling)
With the Night Mail (Rudyard Kipling)
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Ralph 124C 41+ (Hugo Gernsback)
Ralph 124C 41+ (Hugo Gernsback)
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The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars
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The Machine Stops (1909)
The Machine Stops (1909)
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In the Year 2889 (Jules Verne)
In the Year 2889 (Jules Verne)
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