Top 10 Books That Predicted the Future With Eerie Accuracy
0When authors write about the future, they have to predict what technology and life might be like decades down the road. While the books are often written as a metaphor for their contemporary society, some authors have made amazingly accurate predictions about what modern life has actually become.
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9. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
8. Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
7. The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth
6. Neuromancer by William Gibson
5. Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
4. Earth by David Brin
3. The World Set Free by H.G. Wells
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Source/Further reading:
http://www.avclub.com/article/do-hollywood-movies-come-any-bleaker-than-ithey-sh-103086
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/michelle-obama-will-be-a-guest-judge-on-masterchef-junior/news-story/1384178dd2ec2e8410d0a57c5d170e63
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/05/how-infinite-jest-predicted-the-future.html
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/whats-up-with-pictures-yourself/
http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/post-arcade/how-arthur-c-clarke-predicted-video-games-and-virtual-reality-in-1953
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/09/16/donald-trump-is-a-racist-conspiracy-theorist-dont-let-him-lie-his-way-out-of-it/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37230916
http://www.pcworld.com/article/167670/neuro.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33976695
http://fortune.com/2016/11/08/china-automation-jobs/
https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Prime-Air/b?node=8037720011
https://www.nasa.gov/ames/kepler/nasas-kepler-discovers-first-earth-size-planet-in-the-habitable-zone-of-another-star/
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1059/1059-h/1059-h.htm
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1872229_1872230_1872236,00.html
http://www.themillions.com/2013/03/the-weird-1969-new-wave-sci-fi-novel-that-correctly-predicted-the-current-day.html