Actually when you think about it we thought these books were far fetched and fictional yet they have been very close to what the future was to become. George Orwell's 1984 was also about controls and monitoring people.
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1984 is another excellent one and yes, it is a bit sad that a "crazy" work of fiction has become more and more true as time goes by. The prediction about what sort of technology would be involved wasn't very accurate but the intentions of the people behind it hold true. I recall seeing a quote where it was said "1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual."
I would call it completely nuts that this has played out like this.