Quartz Lists 20 Novels That Predicted the Future

Quartz published a listicle of 20 works of fiction that anticipated real-world developments, including surveillance states, social media addiction, and engineered pandemics. The article examines how these writers foresaw societal shifts and the accuracy of their predictions. Notable examples include George Orwell's "1984" for surveillance, Dave Eggers' "The Circle" for social media, and William Gibson's "Neuromancer" for cyberculture. The piece does not name all 20 titles but emphasizes the eerie resemblance between fiction and reality. The list spans from classic dystopias to contemporary speculative fiction, highlighting the role of literature in forecasting technological and political trends.