Probably any SF written in the 50's and 60's would have that problem.
For example, Heinlein's "The Door into Summer" (written 1950's, I think)
predicted "The Six Days War" during the sixties, suspended animation by
1970, domestic robots beginning in the 1970's and perfected by the
1990's, and a range of stuff for 1999/200 when most of the action is set
- synthetic gold, artificial food (soy meat replacing the natural stuff)
- I haven't the book handy to check. I recall a friend of mine
remarking that Heinlein was very optimistic in his predictions on
computers in that one.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leroy R. Sachleben Jr. [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 1998 10:04 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SF-LIT
> Subject: Re: New Thread
>
> At 06:34 PM 4/26/1998 -0700, you wrote:
> >How's this--a twist on a thread we had running there for a little
> while:
> Instead of
> >coming up with modern-day gadgets and inventions that were originally
> introduced by SF
> >writers, how about the opposite: stories about inventions or social
> conditions set in
> >specific years that did NOT come true, i.e., the year in the book or
> movie
> has already
> >come and gone and the *prophecy* did not come to pass.
>
|