30 years ago his novel neuromancer, changed everything in sci-fi literature. and now he has a new novel. it's called the peripheral. it's a time-travel murder mystery dealing now with drone surveillance, with growing inequality, and contagious diseases. this is my conversation with sci-fi legend william gibson here in studio q. hello. >> william: hello. >> tom: how are you? >> william: very well. glad to be here. >> tom: nice to have you here. william, your last three books were set in the present. but with this one you've gone back to the future sort speak. why did you want to do that? >> william: well the last three i thought of asof novels--speculative novels of the very recent past. >> tom: mm hmm. >> william: in a senrote them because i needed to--i felt i needed to recalibrate the--whatever metric or yardstick of weirdness i use tose i w sense how strange the world is

now. i decided that i was essentially working n '80s yardstick. >> tom: and that brings up an interesting point because you've said in the past that writers need to use a science fictionwith a tool kit to assess the present. what do you mean by that? >> william: well, i couldn't give you--i couldn't give you an entire, even really a partial list of those tools. but the tools for writing rigorously extrapolated science fiction are quite specific. >> tom: right. >> william: and since, basically since, so much of the world we live in feels now like science fiction why not try using those tools to describe contemporary reality. >> tom: so the current world has become as absurd as science

fiction potentially should have been in the 1970s and '80s? >> william, it's become somehow as strange to us even now as science--as science: well fiction. although we've all long since grown a bit numb to the cognitive dissidence, but occasionally something will happen and we'll still go, "that was really weird." >> tom: and that was really weird is what's interesting. because you did, you famously coined the term cyberspace. but you have predicted aspects the digitally connected world we live in today, especially in your early writing. do you feel like the digital world has turned out the way that you predicted or that you of expected it would? >> william: well, you know, i'm credited--i'm credited for my hits and i'm totally given a pass on my misses.

>> tom: that sounds pretty good. >> william: and in, well, i know, but i wind up with this undeserved reputation for prescience. so my first novel has something vaguely like the internet happening in around 2035. and no cellphones, there are no cellphones in my imagined 2035. >> tom: right. >> william: so that's a miss. and that's a huge miss. and if you concentrate on that you could easily dismiss my prescience which, in fact, is what i tend to do. it's--i'm not trying to predict the future. i'm actually trying to use science fiction to somewhat understand an unthinkable present. >> tom: but you did sare not a soothsayer. >> william: yeah. >> tom: but again, you've gotten more right than most.

and you did say in an interview about 20 years ago that you were optimistic that the internety you' could be kept free of corporate, government control. recent developments like the edward snowden leaks show that hasn't been the case. so what extent have developments over the last 20 years changed your personal view of the web? >> william: well, i would say, i would make it 30 in all, because it's now--it's 30 years since the publication of years neuromancer in 1984. >> tom: mm hmm. >> william: and i think that the big difference is hen i coined the term cyberspace i coined it to define another realm, this other kind of spacethat w where certain things happen, as opposed to here where we are in the real world. what's happened in 30 years is that the other place, what we used to call cyberspace, has

colonized this place that we used to call the real and the distinction has become completely archaic. world. so i think cyberspace is a heritage term but so is "the real world." >> tomour new novel, in the peripheral people take for granted that they are under surveillance all the time. it's not a gigantic leap from where we are today. why do you think we as a society: in y have become so casual about surveillance? >> william: i think it's--i k it's the texture of the wave of emergent technology we're living through. thin emergent technologies, i take it for granted, are the most powerful change drivers one way nother, however indirectly in human society, and have been

for a long time. >> tom: mm hmm. >> william: though somehow the or a one that we're all in today in--seems to involve a tolerance, a kind of inherent tolerance, for the idea that all of these things we do oneb are being tracked. just one final question, and thank the wr coming in. your work, especially neuromancer, which you mentioned, has influenced so much science fiction. your influence shows up in films like the matrix.you fo how does it feel when you see so many other people taking up your vision? >> william: i feel as though i'm part of a great mosaic because if i could give--not that i ever would--but if i could give guided tours-- >> tom: right. >> william: of the text of

neuromancer and have, you know have a wand and point thin out, and i could say, "well i got this from harlan ellison and i got this from robert sheckley, and i got this from some comic book i saw when igs was 8 years old, and this was from a lou reed song." >> tom: [laughs] what was from a lou reed song? >> william: oh, it was bits and pieces of lou reed and the velvet underground, and particularly steely dan lyrics all over--all over neuromancer. none of those--none of those being very fashionable at the wrote the book. they were all rather old things, but i was just drawing on them. there are bit of bruce springsteen, and there's bits oftime i springsteen's nebraska-- >> tom: mm hmm. >> william: in, you know, kind of symbolic bits in the book. so i've always felt that i was working with--borrowing some

found objects and random--random junk of the world so my product becomes borrowings and found objects and part of the random junk of the world. >> tom: william gibson, thanks so much for coming in today. >> william: thank you. ♪ no, no one's gonna to love you >> tom: coming up on q: a performance by jenn grant. plaque is the number one problem i see. new act advanced with plaque guard kills 99% of bacteria, helps prevent plaque and gingivitis providing a shield of protection. new act advanced. how fast are new allegra® gelcaps? we're going out in an hour... fast. allegra® relieves your worst allergy symptoms two times faster than claritin®. new allegra® gelcaps... not just fast, allegra® fast.

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♪ from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia this is cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> right now on "eyewitness news" a small plane crashes shortly after take off from a chester county airport and tonight two people are dead. investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong. good evening everyone i'm gnat brown. thanks so much for joining us tonight. we are hearing from

eyewitnesses who heard the crash. also, saw the aftermath. the pilot and one passenger left the brandywine airport in west chester this afternoon. and shortly after take off the plane went down behind senior living complex in west goshen. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers has the story from chester county. >> reporter: the plane took off from brandywine airport shortly after 1:30 sunday afternoon. and the trouble for the small piper pa28 aircraft started almost immediately. >> shorely after taking off the plane started to sputter and then basically took a nose dive and came in down in the woods behind us. >> reporter: the plane shattered on impact. its debris scattered a mid several piles of stone on peeves property near route 202 in west goshen. the plane's pilot and passenger died on impact. as a fire broke out at the scene. >> saw, you know, flames about 20 feet up in the air and it must be chemicals. >> reporter: firefighters quickly put out the fire and investigators began their grizzly task of peacing together what happened.

and why. coroner's van took the two bodies out of the crash site as neighbors looked on. >> some pilots fly out of here it's sad to hear people didn't make it. >> reporter: main came not far from a senior living apartment complex and several houses but did not hit any buildings. the unclear if the pilot steered for the clearing clearing on purpose but the damage here could have been worse. >> thank god it didn't hit the senior complex or any other homes around here. >> reporter: and we're told that investigators with the national transportation safety board will be on hand tomorrow. they are set to lead the investigation into figuring out what caused this plane to come down. we're outside of the brandywine airport in west chester matt rivers cbs3 ooh were the news. stay with "eyewitness news" for the latest developments on this deadly crash. we will have the latest for you on air and on our website cbsphilly.com. also breaking news out of bucks county right now route 1 northbound south of route 40 is closed because of a crash

involveing a police car in falls township. this is a live look here at a very active scene. police say an officer was carrying out a traffic stop at the time when a third vehicle caused the accident. no word yet on any injuries. we are working to gather more details on this breaking news. we'll bring you the updates as we get them throughout this newscast and also online cbs phil p.m..com. torments night we're learning more about the off duty police officer shot and killed in glenn olden. a delaware county official tells "eyewitness news" the victim is 26-year-old mark hudson. the darby borough officer was off duty on saturday when he was shot in the chest inside a glenn olden home. he died of his injuries at penn presbyterian medical sent. hudson was also a firefighter in yeadon. the fire company's chief spoke with "eyewitness news" about hudson. >> friendly with everybody. and that's what starter his career. you know he knew from being in the firehouse he wanted to help people. we deal a with will lot of bad

thing in the fire service but this is really close to home. >> reporter: there was a woman in the home at the time of the shooting she has not yet been identified. police say the plan to file charges in this case will come very soon. developing at this hour, officials say a powerful earthquake hit the south pacific nation of poppa new guinea. the 7.7 quick triggered a tsunami warning for papua. it caused strong shaking on land but no word of any injuries or damage at this point. after a chilly weekend we're finally going to feel more spring like temperatures on the way. the question will it stay dry and will these temperatures last last? meteorologist justin drabick joins us now with a the first forecast. hey, justin. >> this time of year you get a little of everything. we'll talk about spring like numbers in the temperatures but also some spring showers. now today was cool. we had full sunshine but we even get to near average. 45 was our high temperature today. that's good 12 degrees below

average for this time of year. little bit chilly now. low 30s in the cold spots but clouds streaming in from the west. so that should level off temperatures a little bit nonetheless chilly for this time of year. freezing in mt. holly. 39 in northeast and 35 in pottstown. southerly winds under 10 miles per hour are trying to bring in milder air that will return for the upcoming work week. but still it is bringing those wind chill values down into the 20s. certainly not as brutal as it was last night with the windy conditions but it feels chilly dress warm on exposed skin it will feel like the 20s through the overnight hours. storm scan3 shows the clouds streaming in from the west. you see showers out across western pennsylvania a weak cold front that will track eastward over the neck six to 12 hours some of the showers could get into the region overnight maybe even mix with a few wet snowflakes north of the city. so when you wake up tomorrow morning you'll have to some clouds around little bit dreary but should see sun for the afternoon that boosts our temperatures up to near average 58 degrees. now we're talking typical late

march numbers. breezy at the shore maybe a morning shower 55. and am rain or shower possible up in the poconos tomorrow morning temperatures there make it into the mid 40s the in the full for confident we'll talk about milder temps even temperatures well above 60 degrees later this week and rain chances all in the seven day forecast coming up in a few minutes. natasha. >> thank you justin. download the cbs philly weather app to your smart phone or your tablet. you can track live radar also much more it's free it's available on i tunes and google play. now, crews have discovered two bodies buried in the rubble of the building explosion that rockman man's east village earlier this week. the bodies were found this afternoon. officials believe they are nicholas figueroa and lukocon. figure lea was eating at the restaurant that was leveled by the blast on thursday. the other man was working there. vest gathers are looking at a gas leak as possible cause of

this explosion. workers inside the building made a critical safety error officials say. >> if you're smelling gas you call 911 much that's what you should do. that's what we have to do much that's what they didn't do here. when they smelled the gas restaurant owner call the owner of the building which was a major mistake. >> officials say the families of the two missing men have been notified and they are no longer actively looking for anyone trapped inside. investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire at a popular bakery in north philly philly. firefighters battled the flames at denise's delicacies near 22nd and cambria streets for an hour before gaining an upper hasn't. there were apartments on all sides of the business. but no vac weighings or injuries were reported. and the search it does continue tonight for a suspect in a hunting park home inn vague. police say the suspect broke into a home on the 700 block of west erie avenue early this morning. and stabbed 25-year-old

homeowner. the victim is in stable condition at temple university hospital tonight. there's no word on what, if anything, was taken from the home. and a pennsylvania state trooper winded in a deadly ambush last fall says that he wants to some day return to the force. trooper alex douglas was shot september 12th 2014 outside the blooming grove barrack. corporal brian dixon was killed. douglas made his first public remarks on saturday as the borough of dunbar named a road after dixon. police arrested eric frein after a 48 day manhunt in the pocono mountain. he has pleaded not guilty. prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty. >> christians around the area celebrated palm sunday. ♪ >> archbishop shall chaput celebrated mass at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul tonight. palm sunday commemorates jesus' entry into the jerusalem and it

marks the beginning of holy week which leads up to easter sunday. now three months after an emergency amputation trenton bishop david o'connell returned to the altar for a very special palm sunday mass. ♪ >> heartfelt welcome and rousing applause for bishop david o'connell as he made his way down the aisle at saint mary the assumption cathedral. first mass on this palm sunday since a leg amputation in december. >> live threatening infections seemed to settle in the leg and so i had to make a decision at christmastime to amputate the leg and so it was amputateed actual three months ago today and it's been a miraculous speedy recovery, and rehabilitation. >> two months after his amputation bishop o'connell spoke to "eyewitness news" about the live changing procedure he underwent. for years the 59-year-old bishop of trenton struggled with diabetes. a team of therapists helped with the process of rehabilitation.

>> you're a little shaky. you know it's a little bit wobbly. so i just wanted to make sure i didn't fall or do anything like that. >> reporter: bishop o'connell delivered the mass ushering in the holy week for christians and catholics. walking again. standing steadfast in his faith. >> back into the swing. i'm happy to be. god is good. >> bishop o'connell now plans to return to his full duties at the diocese and he's looking forward to the pope's visit to philadelphia this september for the world meeting of families stay with us everyone. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight it was supposed to be the first ride of the season on one of the most iconic roller coasters in the country. instead riders found themselves stuck. how they finally made it to safety. plus caught on camera fire crews rush to the aid of a dog stuck in a new jersey creek. justin. >> certainly was a chilly weekend across the delaware valley but temperatures warm up for the work week. along with some rain chances in the forecast much those details

coming up. >> straight ahead in sports phillies name their opening day farther against the red sox. lesley van arsdall has those deta