Yeah, folks talk a lot about "retro-futurism" nowadays, which I think is part of what you're talking about.
And William Gibson famously has progressed from writing stories set in the future during the '80s, to the near-future during the '00s, to the present now. One wonders if a decade from now, he'll be writing about the recent past a decade or two from now ...
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Date: 29/11/10 20:45 (UTC)And William Gibson famously has progressed from writing stories set in the future during the '80s, to the near-future during the '00s, to the present now. One wonders if a decade from now, he'll be writing about the recent past a decade or two from now ...