𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶-𝗳𝗶

Born 150 years ago, H.G. Wells predicted, and inspired, inventions from the laser to email.

Here are some of the incredible H.G. Wells predictions that have come true.

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘌𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯

In Men Like Gods (1923), Wells invites readers to a futuristic utopia that's essentially Earth after thousands of years of progress. In this alternate reality, people communicate exclusively with wireless systems that employ a kind of co-mingling of voicemail and email-like properties.

𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨

Visitors to The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) were confronted with a menagerie of bizarre creatures including Leopard-Man and Fox-Bear Witch, created by the titular madman doctor in human-animal hybrid experiments that may presage the age of genetic engineering.

𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

In 'The First Men in the Moon' (1901), Wells imagined a lunar adventure of two characters.

This is said to have anticipated the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing.

𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳

In Wells' novel, 'When the Sleeper Wakes', he also mentioned Martian tripods, moving walkways and aircrafts.

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Content source - Smithsonian Magazine

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