Global Book Selections discussion

Let's talk about topics we might discuss in more detail for this book, too.

Ok, putting yourself in that situation - clock time or real time?

Elizabeth wrote: "Ok, putting yourself in that situation - clock time or real time?"

haha, i'm not sure what you mean Elizabeth.

Have you started this book? I'm dying to get to it. I've nothing but good things about this book. I hope it's not one of those much talked about book that leads to sort of a mediocre impression after all.

Good question Elizabeth.
The clocks would still be working on a 24 hour day, so it would be possible for many people to go to work for the same 8-9 hours out of 24, and ignore the hours of daylight or real time (and buy some thick curtains). Anyone not ruled by working hours and the clock would adapt to the changing day length better than those who ignored it, I think, so I would prefer to adapt to real time.
(I might change my mind about that once I get into the book more.)

Val wrote: "Good question Elizabeth.
The clocks would still be working on a 24 hour day, so it would be possible for many people to go to work for the same 8-9 hours out of 24, and ignore the hours of daylight..."

I see what you guys are talking about now. I would say real time.... maybe.... I'll have to reconfirm when I start reading the book.

I know what you mean Val, and I would think that I'd prefer real time, but then when the days got to 48 hours long it would be so difficult!

We could always have a siesta during the hottest part of the day Elizabeth.
I don't think it would be quite as impossible as the book suggests, but I am not moving to the polar regions to find out for myself.

Elizabeth wrote: "I know what you mean Val, and I would think that I'd prefer real time, but then when the days got to 48 hours long it would be so difficult!"

I could use more time in the day... if I had 48 hours for each day I would get so much more done....

You would, each day, but you would have half as many days to do it in.

ill take fewer days..

Has anyone tried adjusting to different hours of daylight?
A lot of rural communities are more influenced by daylight hours than city dwellers. In the book most of the 'real-timers' move to the countryside. Do you think this is to be more in touch with the real world, or because they are persecuted and can't fit in with the city dwellers who ignore daylight?