Re:Sounds like Gibson is getting old. (Score 1)

New possibilites form as old possibilites pass away. No more psionics or FTL travel or cold wars but there's must more realistic internet/computer technology and more biological/genetic possibilites than anyone ever dreamed of in the old days. Try "Rainbow's End" from Vernor Vinge (older than Gibson AFAIK) for ther former or "Nothing Human" by Nancy Kress if you want futures that walk the line between hopeful and depressing without involving magic. I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of, too. I would say the pickings for original thought are doing fine, and it has nothing do with age... Gibon's probably just not that into it anymore.