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With the amount of books published every year, it is only natural that
some will contain information considered to be absurd and impossible.
However, history shows us that some of the most respected authors
dreamed and wrote about things that at the time, were nothing more than
fiction but later became reality. Discover the most incredible examples
of this in the following gallery!
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Mars has two moons
Jonathan Swift wrote in his book, 'Gulliver's Travels,' (1735) that Mars
had two moons. This fact was only discovered 142 years later, in 1872. |
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Electric submarines
Jules Verne's classic novel, '20'000 Leagues Under the Sea,' mentions
the use of submarines powered by electricity. Ninety years later, in the
1960's, electric submarines became a reality. |
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Credit cards
The credit card was predicted 62 years before it's invention in 1950. In
Edward Bellamy's book, 'Looking Backwards,' (1888), the author writes
about using this type of card. |
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Messages in the sky
The ability of airplanes to leave a message in the sky was first thought
of in another Jules Verne, 'In The Year 2889' (1889). Twenty-five years
later, in 1915, the feat was performed at a show in San Francisco. |
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Automatic doors
It was in 1899 that H.G.Wells included in his book, 'The Sleeper Wakes,'
the concept of automatic doors. The doors were invented in 1960.
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Tanks
In the 1903 book, 'The Land Ironclads,' H.G.Wells wrote a story about
tanks, although these were only used 13 years later, in World War I.
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Solar energy
Hugo Gernsback wrote a book in 1911 called, 'Ralph 124C 41+,' in which
he mentions the use of solar energy. Sixty-seven years later, in 1978,
the first solar-powered calculators were invented.
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Atomic bombs
In the novel, 'The World Set Free' (1914), H.G.Wells predicted the use
of atomic bombs. Thirty-one years later, in 1945, the first atomic bomb
was dropped on Japan.
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