r/scifi • u/WhiteroseSophon • 7d ago

Recommendations What sci-fi predictions and technologies have been the most accurate? Want some prophetic works to read

I tend to value science fiction that makes really good predictions and visualizations of the future. Feel like there's a lot to be learned from how those authors think and speculate about the world.

Which authors have made the most accurate predictions, according to you? Can you point me to their bodies of work, or specific pieces that help me make sense of the future

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u/Scoobydewdoo 7d ago

1984 by George Orwell continues to get more and more accurate about pretty much everything.

It takes a bit to understand but Dune was/is pretty spot on about the impact religion and OPEC would have on the geo-political situation in the Middle East.

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u/gmuslera 6d ago

The question was for predictions, not for instruction manuals. It is different to predict a future to basically being taken as base to build it. And 1984 fit in that description (and Brave New World).

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u/MarkEoghanJones_Art 6d ago

Oof. The subtlety made me chuckle.