“2001 A Space Odyssey “ is written in 1968 and describes tablets and online newspapers.

Arthur C. Clark’s ‘2001, A Space Odyssey’ describes the “NewsPad,” its interface, and its access to electronic newspapers from Earth in “2001.” The description from 1968 is so spot-on that it’s been effectively used by Samsung to defend against patent lawsuits from Apple. Samsung claims that the concept for the device existed well before even Apple did.