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"The Gernsback Continuum" is a short story by William Gibson about a photographer who has been given the assignment of photographing old, futuristic architecture. This architecture, although largely forgotten at the time of the story, embodied for the generation that built it their concept of the future. The titular "Gernsback" alludes to Hugo Gernsback, a pulp science fiction writer and publisher during the early 20th century. By using this title Gibson contrasts the future envisaged during... full article at wikipedia

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