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[[Science fiction]] and other related fieldworks 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 sSome 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 and form ofan [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate history]] or a kind of [[failed prediction]] in the process.

It is rarely true that, although science fiction writers are seriousrarely attempting to prediction — t the future. 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.

Nevertheless, belowThese are some notable fictional visions of the-future-that-never-was-and-probably-won't-be. See also: [[Timeline of Star Trek]], [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction]], [[Timeline of fictional historical events]], and [[Timeline of fictional contemporary events]].

==[[19th century]]==
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*Climax of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s story [[The Last Question]]. The end of time itself is said to be ten trillion years in the future, and the climax of the story occurs even later, after a "timeless interval".

==External links==
*[http://www.mts.net/~arphaxad/history.html Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were]
* [http://moa.dracandros.com/ Fictional encyclopedia wiki with a section for fictional history]
* [http://manconquersspace.com/MCSPg1.html Man Conquers Space]