Japan's Latest Rock Star Is A 3D Hologram - Draws Huge Crowds

Re:Japan's Latest Rock Star Is A 3D Hologram - Draws Huge Cr... by barber on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @11:34AM (#1886960)

I'm starting to think Gibson is writing the future.

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Re:Japan's Latest Rock Star Is A 3D Hologram - Draws Huge Cr... by aaronbrethorst on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @01:47PM (#1887464)

"The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influe...

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Re:Japan's Latest Rock Star Is A 3D Hologram - Draws Huge Cr... by vcrash on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @01:00PM (#1887299)

These days, he focuses on writing the present

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Re:Japan's Latest Rock Star Is A 3D Hologram - Draws Huge Cr... by mrcharles on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @01:39PM (#1887434)

But only because by his point of view, the present is effectively the future he looked forward to. I've always felt it's both an interesting and bold position for a writer of sci-fi to take.

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Re:Japan's Latest Rock Star Is A 3D Hologram - Draws Huge Cr... by ghshephard on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @05:26PM (#1888210)

Does this mean that sometime soon, Gibson will be writing historical fiction?

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Re:Japan's Latest Rock Star Is A 3D Hologram - Draws Huge Cr... by chipsy on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @07:25PM (#1888616)

In one sense, he already has.

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