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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.

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*[[2000]]
**Massive [[overpopulation]] (''Make Room, Make Room'' by [[Harry Harrison]])
** [[September 13]] - Second Impact occurs at the [[South Pole]], melting the world's ice, tilting the planet off its axis and killing off half of the world's population. (''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'')
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==21st century==

*[[2001]]
** A timequake occurs, sending the citizens of the world back to [[1991]], where they must relive their lives in automatic pilot for ten years - ''[[Timequake]]''
** An extra-terrestrial obelisk found on the moon, prompting an investigation flight to Jupiter, which is sabotaged by [[HAL 9000]] (''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' by [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[Stanley Kubrick]])
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*[[2015]]
** The third Angel attacks Tokyo-3.  [[Shinji Ikari]] must defend the city in Eva Unit-01.  (''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'')
**[[October 21]] - [[Marty McFly]], [[Doc Brown]] and [[Jennifer Parker]] arrive in the future from 1985 in the film [[Back to the Future Part II]] ([[1989]]), and [[Biff Tannen]] departs from this year to 1955 with a sports almanac that creates an alternate 1985.

*[[2019]]
 - Great year! :)
**The events in ''[[Blade Runner]]''
**The events in ''[[Akira]]''
**T800 is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor in ''[[The Terminator]]''

*[[2025]]
**[[T.C. Boyle]]'s novel ''[[A Friend of the Earth]]'' ([[2000]]) is set in the [[USA]] of the year 2025.
**[[Ambrosia Software]]'s game [[Escape Velocity]] is set in 2025
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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]]