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Title: The Gernsback Continuum Title Record # 41261
Author: William Gibson
Date: 1981-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 8.83 (6 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: science fiction (1), cyberpunk (1), parallel universes (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1987ⓘTranslated by Michèle Albaret.
 French Le continuum Gernsback
1988ⓘTranslated by Eduardo Saló
 Portuguese O contínuo de Gernsback
1988ⓘTranslated by Reinhard Heinz
 German Das Gernsback-Kontinuum
1988ⓘTranslated by Reinhard Heinz
 German Das Gernsback-Kontinuum oder: der Amerikanische Traum
1988ⓘTranslated by 黒丸尚 (Hisashi Kuroma)
 Japanese
ガーンズバック連続体?Gānzubakku Renzokutai
[as by
ウィリアム・ギブスン?Wiriamu Gibusun
]
1989ⓘTranslated by András Gáspár
 Hungarian A Gernsback-kontinuum
1989ⓘTranslated by Peter Cuijpers
 Dutch Het Wereldbeeld van Gernsback
1989ⓘTranslated by Delio Zinoni; do not merge with the version translated by Antonio Caronia.
 Italian Il continuum di Gernsback
1990ⓘTranslated by Jyri-Pekka Järvinen
 Finnish Gernsbackin kontinuumi
1994ⓘTranslated by Antonio Caronia
 Italian Il continuum di Gernsbach
1994ⓘTranslated by Javier Ferreira Ramos and José Arconada Rodríguez.
 Spanish El continuo Gernsback
1995 Hungarian A gernsback – kontinuum
1996ⓘTranslated by Florin Pîtea
 Romanian Continuumul Gernsback
1997ⓘTranslated by Анна Комаринец (Anna Komarinets)
 Russian
Континуум Гернсбека?Kontinuum Gernsbeka
[as by
Уильям Гибсон?Uil'am Gibson
]
1998ⓘTranslated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
 Romanian Continuumul Gernsback
1998ⓘTranslated by Andoni Alonso and Iñaki Arzoz
 Spanish El continuo de Gernsback

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
24 1982 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Universe 11 1981-06-00 ed. Terry Carr Doubleday 0-385-17226-5
$9.95?$: US dollar
 192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Roger Zimmerman Checkmark
Universe 11 1983-01-00 ed. Terry Carr Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-8217-1143-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
 238
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Angus McKie Checkmark
Burning Chrome 1986-04-00 William Gibson Arbor House 0-87795-780-0
$15.95?$: US dollar
 200
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Rich O'Donnell Checkmark
Burning Chrome 1986-08-00 William Gibson Gollancz 0-575-03846-2
£8.95?£: UK pound
 208
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 1986-12-00 ed. Bruce Sterling Arbor House 0-87795-868-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Abbe Lubell Checkmark
Burning Chrome 1987-10-00 William Gibson Ace Books 0-441-08934-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Richard Berry Checkmark
Burning Chrome 1988-04-00 William Gibson Grafton 0-586-07461-9
£2.95?£: UK pound
 220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 1988-07-00 ed. Bruce Sterling Ace Books 0-441-53382-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
 xvi+
239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 1988-11-00 ed. Bruce Sterling Paladin 0-586-08782-6
£4.95?£: UK pound
 239
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
Burning Chrome 1989-00-00 William Gibson Grafton 0-586-07461-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
 220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
Burning Chrome 1990-00-00 William Gibson Grafton 0-586-07461-9
£2.99?£: UK pound
 220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 1990-00-00 ed. Bruce Sterling Paladin 0-586-08782-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
 xiv+
239
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Checkmark
Burning Chrome 1991-08-00 William Gibson Ace Books 0-441-08934-8
$4.50?$: US dollar
 xii+
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Checkmark
Burning Chrome 1993-00-00 William Gibson HarperCollins (UK) 0-586-07461-9
£4.99?£: UK pound
 220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 1993-10-00 ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar
 869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Dale O'Dell Checkmark
The SF Collection 1994-08-00 ed. Edel Brosnan Chancellor Press 1-85152-317-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
 501
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Luis Royo Checkmark
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 1994-11-00 ed. Bruce Sterling HarperCollins (UK) 0-586-08782-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
 xiv+
239
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
Burning Chrome 1995-00-00 William Gibson Voyager / HarperCollins 0-00-648043-8
£5.99?£: UK pound
 220
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Gary Marsh Checkmark
Timescapes: Stories of Time Travel 1997-08-00 ed. Peter Haining Souvenir Press 0-285-63387-2
£16.99?£: UK pound
 288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Postmodern American Fiction 1997-09-00 ed. Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron, Andrew Levy W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-31698-X
$24.95?$: US dollar
 xxxii+
672
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Roger Brown Checkmark
Time Travelers: Fiction in the Fourth Dimension 1998-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0914-9   288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Steve Pidan Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 1999-06-00 ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-97241-0
$36.60?$: US dollar
 870
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Dale O'Dell  
Burning Chrome 2000-06-00 William Gibson Voyager / HarperCollins 0-586-07461-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
 220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Steve Stone  
Burning Chrome 2003-07-00 William Gibson Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-053982-8
$13.95?$: US dollar
 204
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
Burning Chrome 2003-10-00 William Gibson Ace Books 0-441-08934-8
$6.50?$: US dollar
 xii+
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Richard Berry  
American Short Stories 2007-10-14 ed. Bert Hitchcock, Margaret Kouidis Pearson Longman 0-321-48489-4   768
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded 2010-11-15 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tachyon Publications 978-1-61696-001-8
$14.95?$: US dollar
 426
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Dan Jones (artist) Checkmark
Burning Chrome 2011-04-28 William Gibson HarperCollins e-books 978-0-00-737869-2
£3.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Time Traveller's Almanac 2013-11-07 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Head of Zeus 978-1-78185-390-0
£25.00?£: UK pound
 948
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Time Traveler's Almanac 2014-03-00 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-7421-9
$37.99?$: US dollar
 948
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Will Staehle Checkmark
The Time Traveler's Almanac 2014-03-18 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-7424-0
$25.99?$: US dollar
 xii+
948
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Will Staehle Checkmark
Burning Chrome 2014-04-15 William Gibson Harper Voyager 978-0-06-227301-7
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Burning Chrome 2017-02-23 William Gibson Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-1745-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
Burning Chrome 2017-02-23 William Gibson Gollancz 978-1-4732-1744-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
 204
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Daniel Brown Checkmark
The Time Traveller's Almanac 2018-08-09 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Head of Zeus 978-1-78854-736-9
£15.00?£: UK pound
 960
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
The Time Traveller's Almanac 2021-12-09 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Apollo / Head of Zeus 978-1-80024-970-7
£18.00?£: UK pound
 960
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
The Time Traveler's Almanac date unknown ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-7424-0
$25.99?$: US dollar
 xii+
948
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Will Staehle Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar
 869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Dale O'Dell  
Burning Chrome date unknown William Gibson Voyager / HarperCollins 978-0-00-648043-3
£6.99?£: UK pound
 220
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Gary Marsh  
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology date unknown ed. Bruce Sterling ??? (Israel)      
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth  
Burning Chrome date unknown William Gibson Ace Books 0-441-08934-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
 xii+
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Richard Berry Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-97241-0   869
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Dale O'Dell Checkmark
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 date unknown ed. Brian Attebery, Ursula K. Le Guin W. W. Norton & Company 0-393-03546-8
$27.50?$: US dollar
 869
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Dale O'Dell  
Burning Chrome date unknown William Gibson Voyager / HarperCollins 978-0-00-648043-3
£7.99?£: UK pound
 220
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Gary Marsh Checkmark
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology date unknown ed. Bruce Sterling Ace Books 0-441-53382-5
$5.99?$: US dollar
 xvi+
239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology date unknown ed. Bruce Sterling Ace Books 0-441-53382-5
$3.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Burning Chrome date unknown William Gibson Ace Books 0-441-08934-8
$5.50?$: US dollar
 xii+
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Richard Berry Checkmark
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology date unknown ed. Bruce Sterling Ace Books 0-441-53382-5
$3.50?$: US dollar
 239
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Burning Chrome date unknown William Gibson Ace Books 0-441-08934-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
 xii+
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Richard Berry Checkmark
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