The idea is often called "Steam-engine time", e.g. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6089/the-art-of-fiction-no-211-william-gibson http://www.theparisrev

The idea is often called "Steam-engine time", e.g. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6089/the-art-of-fiction-no-211-william-gibson http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6089/the-art-of-fic...