William Gibson

writer
Short Story

The Gernsback Continuum

  • by William Gibson
  • in Universe 11, edited by Terry Carr (Doubleday, June 1981)

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  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena
Short Film

Tomorrow Calling

  • written and directed by Tim Leandro
  • (British Film Festival, Early October 1993)

The screenwriter and director, Tim Leandro, writes: “Bill, a photographer, is trapped in an alternative now as imagined in the past, in this adaptation of William Gibson’s short story, ‘The Gernsback Continuum’.” A great concept, but an alternate universe rather than time travel. —Michael Main
Think of it as a giant theme park, a series of elaborate props for playing at living in the future.
Title card from the movie Tomorrow Calling, superimposed on a stylized atomic
                energy symbol surrounded by blue lightning bolts.
  • Science Fiction
  • Time Phenomena
TV Season

The Peripheral, Season 1


When Flynne Fisher’s ne’er-do-well brother lands a lucrative gig testing new VR tech, he drafts Flynne to do the heavy lifting, and she’s bowled over by the future world the VR has created—until she realizes it’s more than a sim. —Michael Main
If it were time travel, as you say, you’d be here physically. This is merely a matter of data transfer: quantum tunneling is the technical term for it. I understand your confusion.
Close-up of Chloë Grace Moretz (as Flynne Fisher) with her eyes obscured by a
                scene of rural North Carolina underneath an upside-down futuristic London.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel