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User:ChildofMidnight/Timeline of fictional future events
[[Science fiction]] and other works 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. Some events that were set in the future have now been overtaken by real [[history]] and form an [[alternate history (fiction)|alternate history]] or a kind of [[failed prediction]], although science fiction writers are rarely attempting to predict the future. The needs (contracted; show full)
*~1,000,000
**The Solar System is destroyed as the Human race leaves its cradle for the last time (''[[Babylon 5]]'').

*~2,000,000
**The [[solar system]] is relocated two light years away by the [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] and Earth is renamed Ravolox. When the ruse is discovered, the system is restored to its proper position (''Doctor Who'' - ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'').
*~3,000,000

**[[Dave Lister]] awakens from stasis and the events of [[Red Dwarf]] take place
*~5,000,000
**The world is in an ice age, [[Africa]] and [[Spain]] have joined and the [[Amazon rainforest]] has vanished. The world is ruled by giant sea birds, [[lizards]] with sticky frills, killer [[birds]] and huge, [[carnivorous]] [[bats]]. ([[The Future Is Wild]])
*~10,000,000
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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]