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At the time it was written, (written by George Orwell in 1948) the book "1984" predicted the future!. Apparently Doris Lessing, in "Children of Men" looked forward to 2026 (I may be off a few years here)!. Margaret Atwood, in "The Handmaiden" wrote about an imaginary future time when most of the females in the world were infertile, unable to conceive and bear children!.

Do you know of any books written which, in purportedly writing about the future, have described anything like the current world monetary and frozen credit conditions!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Science fiction is not about robots, spaceships, or aliens!. It is about how changes in technology will effect the relationships among people!.

George Orwell wrote 1984 about how the technology of mind-reading devices made a totalitarian government so completely controlling of people's lives that they did non even have freedom inside their own heads!.

Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World about how the technologies of mass-production and mass-customization, when applied to humans, created a structured society!.

I recall a book written in the 1930's about nuclear stalemate!. The technology skipped the bomb and went straight to the fallout, but the point was, nuclear stalemate of major nations afraid to war each other because of the risk of nuclear retaliation!.

The specifics of the futures predicted in science fiction novels may not absolutely fit the reality, but the underlying plot is accurate!. They are the ways in which people interact and the ways their relationships have changed that are at the core of science fiction!.

A writer may look at the emerging technology of VOIP and write a romance novel about a couple who meet over the internet, that would merely be a re-hash of "The Shop Aound the Corner!." Another writer also looks as VOIP and describes human isolation resulting from tele-communting; that would be science fiction!.

Monetary and economic crises are not really the melieu of science fiction writers, but there is one popular novel that describes the long-range results of the kind of government interference and social policies that are driving our economic troubles!. I suggest you read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand!.Www@QuestionHome@Com