December 8, 2017 is Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day. It was originally started in 2007 and it’s a day for would-be “time travelers” to have fun by dressing up and acting like they are from another time period. As a time traveler, you need to stay in costume the entire day and not let anyone know that you are a time traveler. You can pretend to be from an utopian future, a dystopian future, or the past:
- If you are dressing from an utopian future, talk in slang from past decades, or smile and shake your head at smart phone technology.
- For a dystopian future, you can place a barcode on your neck or stare at newspaper headlines and look astonished.
- Dressing from the past allows you to be amazed by every technological advancement and you can fixate on one thing such as an elevator and watch it working the entire day.
Don’t forget to stay in character and have fun!
For those of us who don’t want to travel in time, check out the following library materials in which the characters get to do the time traveling:
Outlander on DVD or the original book Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
Doctor Who (DVD)
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
The Scribe of Siena, by Melodie Winawer
Ever My Love, by Lynn Kurland
The Night Mark, by Tiffany Reisz
Invictus, by Ryan Graudin
No Good Deed, by Kara Connolly
Paradox Bound, by Peter Clines
Just One Damned Thing After Another, by Jodi Taylor
Back to the Future (DVD)
The Time Traveler’s Wife on DVD, or the original book, The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
Click on the links to see each item’s availability and to request holds. During the month of December, when you visit the Main Library, check out our Time Travel display near the Adult Services desk!
Get more reading recommendations from our staff: find our booklists for adults and teens online, or subscribe to our Recommended Reads e-newsletter for a monthly delivery of staff picks!
