Science Fiction That Predicted the Future

The Predictions

1984 by George Orwell — mass surveillance, doublespeak, and state propaganda

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley — pleasure and distraction as tools of control

Neuromancer by William Gibson — cyberspace imagined before the internet existed

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson — the metaverse, VR worlds, and avatar culture

The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson — nanotech fabrication and AI-powered tutoring

Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner — overpopulation, information overload, and terrorism

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler — climate migration, gated communities, and social collapse