Cyberpunk Coming True

... example of this activity. However, science fiction’s heyday came in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, in works by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, which proved enormous commercial successes. Both authors are key figures not just in science fiction, but in predicting the future, since many of their prophecies came true in the decades to come, meaning that both can rightly be called ‘futurologists’. In fact, Jules Verne predicted the development of airplanes, helicopters, television, the widespread use of aluminum ...