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Eerie Predictions... 2016-07-28 20:41:23 Post No. 17967370
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Hey /x/, can we get a thread for eerie predictions, similar to the following:
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner. Written in 1969!
>Set in 2010
>Describes people driving electric cars
>Describes people printing using laser printers
>Talks about on demand TV and film
>Describes how the world is plagued by terrorism
>Describes mass shootings being a regular occurrence
>Talks about the decline of marriage and the prevalence of casual relationships - ie. Tinder and other dating apps
>Talks about electronic dance music and the Detroit rave scene, way before dance music even exists
>Talks of a popular world leader called President Obami
This is only a few of the points I can remember. There is a lot more, both physical and political points that seem to have come true.
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Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan - Morgan Robertson. Written in 1898.
This is about a cruise liner that is similar to the Titanic that strikes an ice berg and sinks:
>Both ships were described as unsinkable
>Both were the largest ships for their time
>Both 800 feet long
>Both had three propellers
>Both British owned
>Neither had enough lifeboats for all passengers and crew
>Both had the maiden voyage in April
>Both hit an iceberg on the starboard side
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A great book. Hmm, don't remember the President "O" bit though, but it's been a long time since I read it.
Main things I remember were:
"Terrorism" was in a three categories, there were "pros" that did it for what we'd now call the 'lulz', there were political terrorists, and there were 'muckers' people that had just had enough of life and went on killing sprees, running amok. The last group reads like what the Muslim nuts have been doing of late, just shooting the shit out random spots, or running around with bladed weapons hacking at people -- but in the book there was no religious justification, just people overloaded on modern life, hmm, which I guess kind of could apply still... food for thought.
Book centered on a company buying a nation, as the multinational corps had more money that some nations -- this seems self-evident today, but back then it was a bit out there.
It's a great book.
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