Deadlines, Storylines, and Timelines

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
- Douglas Adams

I have mental deadlines and most of the time I do not accomplish the grand goals I set for myself - like posting to my blog on a weekly basis. I often think about going back in time and organizing my life in such a manner so to make better use of my hours and energies.

However, time is a wibbly wobbly concept, according to Dr. Who.

Considering the possibility of going back and telling my younger self that she should really think about becoming a librarian sooner, only reminds me of why I love science fiction.

In an alternate timeline, I could have gotten a job cataloging for the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, England and never have met my husband or had three wonderful children. 

So here I am in my present timeline, thankful for my family and fondly remembering the storylines of my favourite Science Fiction authors instead.

All these authors are well worth reading; I still marvel at the imagination it took to create these sci-fi classics.

Douglas Adam's amazing and fun 

Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - takes you on a zany trip through the universe

Isaac Asimov's unparalleled Foundation series - the perfect blend of science (fiction) and the study of human nature

 

 

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and the other novels in the Ender series - complex and multi-layered 

Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series - a clever romp through a literary alternate universe