Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' published 1932.
George Orwell's '1984' published 1949.
Both gave visions of a grim future.
It transpires that Orwell arranged for Huxley to be sent a copy of his book, and recently a letter has surfaced which Huxley sent to Orwell in which he commented on it.
You can read the letter here
Letters of Note: 1984 v. Brave New World
A cartoon has been drawn to illustrate the main differences between their visions of future.
You will find it here (need to 'expand +' to read it)
http://www.recombinantrecords.net/im...s-to-Death.png
It seems that both versions of 'future' were right to some extent.