Results: Classic Fiction That Accurately Predicted The Future
Published on 07/06/2015
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Tom Clancy, the American author who died two years ago, accurately predicted future events. In his 1994 novel, "Debt of Honor," he described a September 11th-like attack, and his 2010 book "Dead or Alive" described the capture of a Bin Laden-like public enemy. How many of these predictions do you think are amazing?
Edgar Allan Poe's 1838 novel "The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket" had one of the characters, a mutineer named Richard Parker, became prey to monstrous cannibalism. In 1884, a real-life boy named Richard Parker was indeed the victim of canniba
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337 votes
In 1898, Morgan Robertson wrote "Futility, Or The Wreck of the Titan" the story of a ship colliding with an iceberg and sinking, 14 years before the RMS Titanic in 1912
30%
496 votes
In 1975, writer Paddy Chayefsky wrote his screenplay for "Network" accurately predicting TV's -- evaporating audience share, dumbed-down escapist fare and shows starring real people
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258 votes
N/A
58%
954 votes
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Science fiction writers have predicted the future with almost uncanny accuracy. George Orwell accurately predicted our "Big Brother Is Watching" technology in his 1949 novel "1984", and today we experience this more than we ever could have imagined. How many of these predictions do you find remarkable?
"Ralph 124C 41+" by Hugo Gernsback in 1911 predicted among other things, television, remote-control power transmission, videophones, transcontinental air service, solar energy in practical use, sound movies, synthetic milk and foods, artificial cloth, voi
24%
396 votes
Edward Bellamy in 1888 "Looking Backward" developed the idea of the credit card, online shopping and shopping malls
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397 votes
Jules Verne in 1865 "From the Earth to the Moon" described a manned mission to the Moon that was uncannily close to the real thing 104 years later.
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429 votes
H.G. Wells's "The World Set Free" in 1914 predicted the atomic bomb
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347 votes
Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" in 1953 accurately predicted headphones
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284 votes
"The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster in 1909 predicted Skype or video chatting
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272 votes
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54%
898 votes
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Some of you may remember the cartoon series, "The Jetsons" about a family from the future. How many of you remember these future advancements that the show accurately predicted ?
Videophones
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522 votes
Talking alarm clocks
25%
405 votes
Robot house maids--maybe not Rosie
29%
486 votes
Dog treadmills
27%
447 votes
A watch that entertains you with TV
27%
445 votes
Tanning beds
27%
438 votes
Clear elevator shafts
27%
447 votes
Flat screen TV's
38%
628 votes
A tablet that showcases the daily news
23%
376 votes
Don't remember the show/N/A
39%
649 votes
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