From wuhan400, the deadly virus invented by dean koontz in 1981, to the plague unleashed in margaret atwoods oryx and crake, novelists. Danny wallace on analysing predictions about the future. Jun 16, 2008 the book of predictions, which includes contributions from various experts and psychics, came out in 1980. Author dean koontz eerily predicted the coronavirus outbreak in his 1981 thriller the eyes of darkness. Bestselling suspense writer dean koontzs 1981 novel, the eyes. This outbreak was predicted 500 years ago by a french astrologer called nostradamus.
Oct 28, 2020 a dean koontz novel written in 1981 predicted the outbreak of the coronavirus. The book of predictions wallechinsky, david, amy wallace and irving wallace on. Theres another book, written by sylvia browne, called end of. This book taught me several things, some opposite of each other. Coronavirus predicted by 1981 book about a deadly bug. This book gained extra attention for its prediction on pneumonialike plague that takes over the world in 2020 which could be interpreted as a prediction on. The coronavirus pandemic was predicted in a book published in 1981. Prediction of covid19 in a book published in 1981 youtube. The book is know for its quatrains on future events.
Feb, 2020 author dean koontz eerily predicted the coronavirus outbreak in his 1981 thriller the eyes of darkness. If coronavirus is not stopped now, itll be armageddon. No, dean koontz didnt predict the covid19 pandemic in his 1981. Novel published in 1981 predicts the covid19 accurately. Was coronavirus predicted in a 1981 dean koontz novel. A book published in 1981 mightve just predicted the pandemic outbreak that the world is currently facing in 2020. Did authors dean koontz and sylvia browne really predict. The peoples almanac is a series of three books compiled in 1975, 1978 and 1981 by david wallechinsky and his father irving wallace. From what we can tell, the biological weapon was originally called gorki400 when this book was published in 1981. Dean koontz did not predict the coronavirus in a 1981.
However, davros kept an old copy his family had owned for generations. Its particularly interesting if you are already from their future, like i am. The eerie part of this story is that the virus is called wuhan400, which points to the covid19 that first originated from wuhan, china. Mar 04, 2020 in early march 2020, amid fears about an international outbreak of illness caused by the new coronavirus, dubbed covid19, social media users shared an image of a page in the book end of days. These quotes predicting coronavirus are from two different books.
His novel the eyes of darkness made reference to a killer virus called. However, when considering the full content of the book, only about 1% or maybe less of its predictions have act it gives a good overview on the matter from different angles. Half of the book is a quick summary of world religions and their views on the end of daysapocalypse. The post shows the cover of the book along with two excerpts. The book talks about how the virus called wuhan400, was developed in military labs around the chinese city of wuhan from where it got its name. Mar 05, 2020 a ccording to an online conspiracy theory, the american author dean koontz predicted the coronavirus outbreak in 1981. Sylvia brownes bogus coronavirus prophecies center for inquiry. Novel predicted wuhan virus 40 years before coronavirus outbreak. The chinese city wuhan is the epicenter of the virus which has now spread to over 25 countries. Dean koontz did not predict the coronavirus outbreak. A facebook post that has since been widely shared, claims the 1981 novel the eyes of darkness by dean koontz predicted the coronavirus.
I think some predictions were very sound, while others were laughable, but it is a facinating document, when it comes to predictions for the 1980s on. Coronavirus, unlike wuhan400, is not a manmade disease and far from a military grade weapon. The subject of his book tells of a private laboratory of the chinese army in the war and a weapon developed in this laboratory, prompting conspiracy theorists. The book end of days by sylvia browne explores, well, end of days predictions and prophecies about the end of the w. A fictional plot from a 1981 dean koontz novel predicted that a virus originating in wuhan would cause a global biological pandemic, but despite the creepy similarities to real life, snopes soon concluded after an investigation that the parallels were mostly false. Contained predictions made by various scientists, psychics and celebrities about what life would be like over the next 50 years. What are your thoughts on the david wallacinsky book, the book of predictions from 1981. In 1973, wallechinsky became fed up with almanacs that regurgitated bare facts. Sylvia brownes bogus coronavirus prophecies center for.
In your view, how accurate was that book, in regards to what it ended up predicting. He had the idea for a reference book to be read for pleasure. A quarter is describing the other side of the spiritual realm and descriptions of eternity. Nov 02, 2020 mindblowing book predictions that actually came true a writers imagination is a powerful tool. The peoples almanac was published by doubleday in 1975 and became a bestseller. In his novel, the eyes of darkness that was published in 1981, dean koontz tells of a. It contained a prophecy that men would become gods. In the dal language, the final word of the prophecy was pronounced dalek. Mar 05, 2020 a theory widely shared on social media claims that american author dean koontz predicted the 20192020 coronavirus outbreak in 1981. Dean koontz novel from 1981 predicted outbreak, internet sleuths claim the eyes of darkness features a conversation about a pandemic that hits a bit too close to home in 2020. Social media users have linked a fictional virus called wuhan400 from a dean koontz book to covid19.
Prophecies 2020 alamongordo, prophecies 2020, corona virus. To say that the author saw all this coming is a bit of a stretch. Koontz did not immediately respond to an inquiry from about the purported prediction in his novel. So we pretty much know how a lot of its guesses came out. What are your thoughts on the david wallacinsky book, the. Did a 1981 science fiction book predict coronavirus. A dean koontz book from 1981 predicted coronavirus in bizarre coincidence fox news fox. Feb 26, 2020 conspiracy theorists believe a popular author predicted the advent of coronavirus nearly 40 years before the current outbreak began. This book published in 1981 eerily predicts the coronavirus. This book was pretty funny, in an over the top extremely silly way. Irving wallace wrote one of my alltime favorite biographies, the fabulous showman. What are your thoughts on the david wallacinsky book the book of predictions from 1981. Dean koontz book predicted coronavirus epidemic in 1981.
The book of predictions was a book published in 1980 and written by david wallechinsky, amy wallace, and irving wallace, the authors of the book of lists. The real danger is agenda id2020 coronavirus cases maybe 10 times higher than reported. The eyes of darkness features a conversation about a pandemic that hits a bit too close to home in 2020. A speculative anticipation of a possibility is very different than a prediction. The book of predictions, 28 years later vanity fair. How a book written in 1981 predicts the corona virus. After someone noticed that dean koontz 1981 novel the eyes of darkness mentioned a virus called wuhan400. Scmp recently posted an article about how a book called the eyes of darkness talks about a chinese military lab that creates a virus as part of its biological weapons programme. Dean koontz did not predict the coronavirus outbreak in his. But by 2008, the name had been changed to wuhan400. A paperback thriller written in 1981 appears to contain frighteningly accurate predictions about the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Mar 10, 2020 an excerpt from selfproclaimed psychic sylvia brownes 2008 book, end of days, circulated online alongside koontzs. Brownes prediction, which some initially thought came from koontzs novel, states, around 2020 a severe pneumonialike illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs. The book of predictions, which includes contributions from various experts and psychics, came out in 1980.
A book called the eyes of darkness, released in 1981, was associated with the corona virus. However, there are some key differences in the prediction and the recent strain of coronavirus. Wuhan coronavirus was not predicted in 1981 koontz. Feb, 2020 in a bizarre coincidence, a 1981 fictional novel the eyes of darkness by dean koontz predicts a coronavirus like outbreak and its origin. Predictions and prophecies about the end times, the authors detail a severe pneumonialike illness that will spread throughout the world in 2020, attacking the lungs and. Coronavirus outbreak predicted in 1981 by dean koontz. He worked alone for 12 months before being joined by his father for a further year of research. Mar 04, 2020 a theory widely shared on social media claims that american author dean koontz predicted the 20192020 coronavirus outbreak in 1981. Jun 02, 2020 the book written by dean koontz in 1981, the eyes of darkness, wrote on pages 353 to 354 that china has developed a virus known as corona virus in a lab in the city of wuhan, to be used in the.
Mindblowing book predictions that actually came true. Conspiracy theorists believe a popular author predicted the advent of coronavirus nearly 40 years before the current outbreak began. Dean koontz did not predict the coronavirus in a 1981 novel cnn. Mar 02, 2020 a series of social media posts are claiming a 1981 novel written by bestselling us author dean koontz predicted the coronavirus covid19 outbreak in 20192020. Prediction of covid19 in a book published in 1981the coronavirus was predicted perfectly in a book published in 1981 by the prophetic novel of dean koontz.
Not only can it create fictional universes, it can sometimes even predict the future. A book published in 1981 said that in 2020 a severe pneumonialike illness would spread across the world, and calling it wuhan400. Did a paperback thriller predict the deadly coronavirus outbreak nearly 40 years before it happened. Posts featuring the cover of the eyes of darkness book. A facebook post on february 21, 2020 claims the 1981 novel the eyes of darkness by koontz forecast the outbreak. Conspiracy theorists are puzzling over whether a 1981 novel predicted the coronavirus outbreak. It was written in 1981 and in it, many of the worlds thentop scientists try to predict exactly what the future will hold.
Mar 17, 2020 many other books and movies like a book published in 1981 by an author named as dean koontz titled the eyes of the darkness the author wrote about a virus named wuhan400 which was a bioweapon. Apr 23, 2001 book published by the peoples almanac the book of lists people in 1981. In her 2008 book end of days, browne predicted that in around 2020 a severe pneumonialike illness will spread throughout the globe. The book end of days described an illness in 2020, but. Here are some of the uncanny and bizarre similarities between coronavirus outbreak and facts mentioned in books written by. Did selfdescribed psychic sylvia browne predict the. A theory widely shared on social media claims that american author dean koontz predicted the 20192020 coronavirus outbreak in 1981. What are your thoughts on the david wallacinsky book the. Feb 26, 2020 in fact, the original edition of the book in 1981 called the virus gorki after the russian city where it was invented, before the name was changed to wuhan in 2008. Dean koontz did not predict the coronavirus outbreak in his 1981 book social media users have linked a fictional virus called wuhan400 from a dean koontz book to covid19. It wasnt until sometime later that the book changed. A novel published in 1981 did not predict the 2019. Coronavirus is neither a biological weapon, nor was it predicted in.
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