We eventually learn that Flynne's world is one such stub. The link between the two timelines is the titular black market technology, "peripherals," which are favored by hobbyists known as "continua enthusiasts." Running on "quantum servers," the peripherals digitally link the users to the past, and the moment they make direct contact, the past splits off into an alternate timeline called a "stub." Wilf is introduced to the tech and the existence of stubs by his rich buddy Lev. The stunt goes horribly wrong, and Wilf is fired. Here, our main protagonist is a corporate PR guy named Wilf Netherton, who sets up a publicity stunt for Daedra West, this world's version of an influencer.
This world is essentially ruled by Russian oligarchs ("klepts"). The second arc takes place in a futuristic and desolate London in the aftermath of an apocalyptic event dubbed "the Jackpot," which wiped out 80 percent of the population. Flynne's brother Burton is a veteran of the US Marine Corps's elite Haptic Recon force and suffers from brain trauma resulting from his cybernetic implants. Flynne works at the local 3D printing shop in a small town the store is the sole source of goods for the population, along with Walmart's fictional future offspring, Hefty Mart. The first arc takes place in our near-term future and is centered on a young woman named Flynne.
There are two plot lines that eventually begin to converge.
But that initial effort pays off as the novel evolves into an action-packed cyberpunk thriller. The reader is plunged into this setting and must acclimate accordingly Gibson isn't interested in presenting everything to us on a silver platter.
The novel is in many ways vintage Gibson: a bleak, dystopian future world chock-full of big thematic ideas, visionary technology, and its own slang terminology. Prime Video's new sci-fi series The Peripheral is based on William Gibson's novel.Ī young woman struggling to hold it together in small-town America finds herself witness to what may or may not be a murder in the first teaser for The Peripheral, a new Prime Video series based on William Gibson's 2014 novel of the same name.
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