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Futurology in Fact and Fiction

Futurology, according to Sherryl Vint in her MIT Essential Knowledge volume on Science Fiction, is the study of possible futures. It also contains a predictive element and at some level attempts to extrapolate from the present in which it was written scientific, social, cultural, political, and technological changes that will result in a particular possible future. This extrapolation can be done through either the lens of fiction or non-fiction. While the future has always been a fundamental trope in Science fiction, not all SF sets out to create and explore the components of a potential future; Space Opera , for example, generally takes the tropes of action adventure and arbitrarily sets it an a random, conventionalized "Future". The works listed here are all serious attempts to blue print the Future. ( Note: Futurology should not be confused with Fururism, which was a very specific artistic movement of the early 20th Century.)
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The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
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The Shape of Things to Come (Wells)
The Shape of Things to Come (Wells)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
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We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
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Erewhon (Samuel Butler)
Erewhon (Samuel Butler)
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Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
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Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
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Parable of the Sower (Octavia E Butler)
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E Butler)
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The Foundation Series
The Foundation Series
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The Past Through Tomorrow (Heinlein)
The Past Through Tomorrow (Heinlein)
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Orphans of the Sky (Robert A. Heinlein)
Orphans of the Sky (Robert A. Heinlein)
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I Will Fear No Evil
I Will Fear No Evil
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Time Enough for Love
Time Enough for Love
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
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2010: Odyssey Two
2010: Odyssey Two
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2061 (Arthur C. Clarke)
2061 (Arthur C. Clarke)
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3001: The Final Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
3001: The Final Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
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Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
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The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
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Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
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The Jagged Orbit (Brunner)
The Jagged Orbit (Brunner)
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The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
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The Shockwave Rider (John Brunner)
The Shockwave Rider (John Brunner)
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Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
Burning Chrome (William Gibson)
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Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
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Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero (William Gibson)
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Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
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Virtual Light (William Gibson)
Virtual Light (William Gibson)
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Idoru (William Gibson)
Idoru (William Gibson)
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All Tomorrow's Parties (William Gibson)
All Tomorrow's Parties (William Gibson)
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The Peripheral (William Gibson)
The Peripheral (William Gibson)
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Looking Backward (Edward Bellamy)
Looking Backward (Edward Bellamy)
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Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
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The Diamond Age
The Diamond Age
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