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[[Science fiction]] and other related fields of [[fiction]] are often set in the future, or at least involve events in times that have not yet occurred. This list is a chronological collection of significant events from various works of such fiction. It includes some events that were set in the future when the fiction containing them was first written but which have now been overtaken by real [[history]], becoming a form of [[alternate history]] or [[failed prediction]] in the process.

It is rarely true that science fiction writers are seriously attempting prediction - the needs of the story are usually the primary concern, and science fiction stories are often more about the present in which they are written than the future in which they are supposedly set.

Here, nNevertheless, below are some notable fictional visions of the-future-that-never-was-and-probably-won't-be:
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. See also: [[Timeline of Star Trek]]⏎

==20th century==

*[[1976]]
**Events of [[The Bicentennial Man]] short story.
*[[1984]]
**[[April]] - Winston Smith, a secretly rebellious file clerk in the Ministry of Truth, is arrested and tortured by [[Big Brother]] (''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' by [[George Orwell]])
*[[1992]]
(contracted; show full)*[[3001]]
**Events of [[3001: The Final Odyssy]]. Frank Poole rivived.
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**[[House Atreides]] take over stewardship of the planet [[Arrakis]]. (''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'')
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**The Time Traveller arrives and encounters the Eloi and the Morlocks. [[H.G. Wells]]: "[[The Time Machine]]"
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**The Human race leaves the Milky Way galaxy: [[Babylon 5]]