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The Weird 1968 New Wave Sci-Fi Novel That Correctly Predicted the Current Day

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Stand on Zanzibar is that rarity among science fiction novels—it really made accurate predictions about the future. The book published in 1968, was set in the year 2010, and this allows us to make a point-by-point comparison, and marvel at novelist John Brunner’s uncanny ability to anticipate the shape of the world to come. Indeed, his vision of the yea…

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