While flying cars, hoverboards and a holiday home on the moon are still some way off, the predictions and dreams of some visionaries have come true.

From visionary authors such as Mary Shelley and H.G. Wells to the extraordinary space dreams of film director George Lucas, these Prophets of Science Fiction brought to life ideas and inventions we now take for granted - but ones that were gasped at by incredulous audiences at the time.

Learn about Jules Verne, who envisaged the moon landing way back in 1865, watch how Arthur C. Clarke pre-empted the advent of most of our modern-day telecommunication devices, and much, much more.

Prophets of Science Fiction

Prophets of Science Fiction: The Time Machine

Because H G Wells was ahead of his time he decided it was easier to illustrate his ideas through fiction rather than to try and get them published as a paper.
Prophets of Science Fiction: Internet Addiction

Robert Heinlein was ahead of his time when he described computer networking and how the need to access information could turn to addiction.
Prophets of Science Fiction: Moon Landing

In his novels Jules Verne envisaged a manned moon landing, detailing the location of the take-off site, weightlessness and the length of time it would take.
Prophets of Science Fiction: War of the Worlds

H G Well's brother gave him the idea behind the War of the Worlds, when he was recalling the genocide of the native population of Tasmania.

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Prophets of Science Fiction