Works of fiction that unintentionally and sometimes eerily predictwd some events/ cultural phenomenon. Did the books inspire the future or simply predict the inevitably of human nature?
Inspired by the following Guardian article:
Vaguely Prophetic Fiction Public
Created and curated by Breja the Wanderer
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
4 stars
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a …
Breja the Wanderer says: Post Roe USA
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1984 by Michael Dean (Penguin Readers. Level 4)
4 stars
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world …
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
4 stars
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
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Parable Of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler
4 stars
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.
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Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #2)
5 stars
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage of the situation, a zealous …
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
4 stars
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
Breja the Wanderer says: Added because of "Kipple"
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The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges (Penguin Modern: 46)
4 stars
Fantastical tales of mazes, puzzles, lost labyrinths and bookish mysteries, from the unique imagination of a literary magician.
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The World Set Free . By : Herbert George Wells by H. G. Wells
https://archive.org/details/ElMundoSeLibertaH.G.Wells
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4 stars
A seminal work of dystopian fiction that foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia, Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" is a powerfully …
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Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (The Maddaddam trilogy Series, #1)
4 stars
Oryx and Crake is a 2003 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. She has described the novel as speculative fiction …
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The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #2)
4 stars
The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as …
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MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #3)
4 stars
A man-made plague has swept the earth, but a small group survives, along with the green-eyed Crakers – a gentle …
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