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DID THESE BOOKS PREDICT THE FUTURE?

Natural disasters, big brother, organ transplants, the atomic bomb, consumer fatigue and more. At one time these concepts were merely speculation and science fiction — now these concepts have become a reality. Did the writers predict the future or did the novels inspire the discoveries?

Check out these novels and decide for yourself:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

1984 by George Orwell

Neuromancer by William Gibson

From The Earth to the Moon; and Round the Moon by Jules Verne

Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy

Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler

The World Set Free by H.G. Wells

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood

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