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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 (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
1
Jonathan Swift
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
2
Mary Shelley
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
3
Jules Verne
Looking Backward
Looking Backward
4
The World Set Free (H.G. Wells)
The World Set Free
5
H.G. Wells
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
6
Aldous Huxley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
7
George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
8
Ray Bradbury
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
9
Robert A. Heinlein
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
10
Arthur C. Clarke
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
11
John Brunner
Cyborg (Martin Caidin)
Cyborg
12
Martin Caidin
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
13
Douglas Adams
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
14
William Gibson
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
15
With the Night Mail (Rudyard Kipling)
With the Night Mail
16
Rudyard Kipling
Ralph 124C 41+ (Hugo Gernsback)
Ralph 124C 41+
17
Hugo Gernsback
The City and the Stars
The City and the Stars
18
The Machine Stops (E. M. Forster)
The Machine Stops
19
E. M. Forster
In the Year 2889 (Jules Verne)
In the Year 2889
20
Jules Verne
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