It is difficult today to imagine life before standard time was
established in 1884. In the middle of the nineteenth century, for
example, there were 144 official time zones in North America alone.
The confusion that ensued, especially among the burgeoning railroad
companies, was an hourly comedy of errors that ultimately
threatened to impede progress. The creation of standard time, with
its two dozen global time zones, is one of the great inventions of
the Victorian Era, yet it has been largely taken for granted.
In Time Lord, Clark Blaise re-creates the life of Sanford
Fleming, who struggled to convince the world to accept standard
time. It’s a fascinating story of science, politics, nationalism,
and the determined vision of one man who changed the world. Set in
a time marked by substantial technological and cultural
transformation, Time Lord is also an erudite exploration of art,
literature, consciousness, and our changing relationship to
time
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