I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned "Brave New World" so far. IMHO, much closer to actual reality than 1984.
Might be, that there are more exact descriptions of our future around. But one thing I think is dominant and alarming: The "free" world does not converge to a system of even rights and freedom for all, but into a new system of control and inequality, that might in turn even top the system of the middle ages.