 How did Joe get to 2133?
The evening was dark, it was unlikely that the other even saw the circle of steel that was the mouth of the shotgun barrel, now resting on the car's window ledge. Joe had been born in Naples and his mother had died in childbirth. Whatever the something else was, a slot opened in the middle of the table and a glass, so clear of texture as to be all but invisible, was elevated. "What is the date, Old Calendar?" "2133," Reston-Farrell said. "2133 A.D. they would say." The second industrial revolution was accompanied by revolutionary changes in almost every field, certainly in every science.
 He was transported through time from 1960 to 2133 by Brett-James and Reston-Farrell.
 He was cryogenically frozen in 1960 and awakened in 2133.  He was transported through time from 1960 to 2133 by Brett-James and Reston-Farrell.  Joe fell through a crack in time, which put him in 2133.  Brett-James and Reston-Farrell used a vortex manipulator to transport Joe to 2133.