7 Science Fiction Books That Predict The Future

Priya Bhatnagar
Sep 09, 2024

The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

The book highlights the subsidiary body established under the Paris Agreement whose mission is to act as an advocate for the future world’s generations of citizens.

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

The book is set in a future Thailand and covers several contemporary issues about global warming and biotechnology.

Klara And The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The sci-fi novel is set in a dystopian future where children are genetically engineered for enhanced academic ability.

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

The novel is set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution a secret military project that sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens.

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The novel highlights New England in the future and posits a Christian fundamentalist theocratic regime in the former United States to respond to a fertility crisis.

Station Eleven by Emily St.John Mandel

The novel revolves around multiple storylines and is set before and after a flu epidemic that wipes out most of humanity.

Dune by Frank Herbert

The book is set on the desert planet Arrakis and it is a story of a boy who is tasked with ruling a world where the only thing of value is the spice.

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