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Which science-fiction novels have been best at predicting the future?

Which science-fiction novels have been best at predicting the future?

We’ve loved sci-fi at New Scientist for the past 70 years, but which novels got the future right? From Neuromancer to The Handmaid’s Tale, Emily H. Wilson picks the most prescient reads of the past seven decades

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