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10 Science Fiction Novels That Correctly Predicted The Future

Melissa StangerOct 4, 2013, 02:42 IST

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Science fiction and fantasy books are often just the authors' predictions about what they think the world will be like in 10, 20, or hundreds of years.

But sometimes these books eerily hit the nail on the head, even going into great detail about inventions, technologies, and societal norms which, back then, no one had ever conceived of.

We did a round-up of 10 books, listed by year published, that correctly predicted the future.