This one from the New York Times. Amal Dorai, a graduate student at MIT, is organizing a time-travelers convention (as he points out, you only need one…ever.) He had this idea for promoting the event:
At first, Mr. Dorai urged people to publicize the event with methods likely to last. “Write the details down on a piece of acid-free paper,” he directed, “and slip them into obscure books in academic libraries!”
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going?
Is anyone else going? We could have an lisnews meetup at the time travelers convention! Also there’s a cool light show outside Kresge.
–deborah, who *has* written down the details on acid free paper and put into library books
Re:going?
The “other” birdie (from a past life) is planning on going…she’ll definitely see ya there! Unfortunately the current birdie can’t get up to Boston this weekend.
Time travel and libraries
When this was posted on Monday, there was a comment about time travel and libraries that cited an Asimov book.
Another time travel book, though, suggests that travellers won’t need libraries to find each other. In There Will be Time by Poul Anderson, human time travellers are born with the ability to move around in time. The curious ones wonder: if there were other time travellers, where and when would they go?
A good question and much like the old question: if you knew a friend each knew you were in New York but had no way to get in touch with each other but wanted to meet, where would you go? For us, we might meet at NYPL by the lions but surprisingly often folks said Grand Central Station under the clock at noon.
So, where would time travellers go? Anderson had his idea. Where and when would you go if you could travel in time? See you then!
Re:Time travel and libraries
For us, we might meet at NYPL by the lions but surprisingly often folks said Grand Central Station under the clock at noon.
Wasn’t that an old movie featuring ghosts that kept the promise?
Re:Time travel and libraries
Another good book involving time travel is Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. I read it earlier this spring and really liked the way it was written from both prospectives. The main character is a librarian at the Newbury Library in Chicago.