Lily 20

And eventually, yes I am called for the interview. At this stage, they never do admit that it is for time travel. In theory, I am answering all this neat stuff merely to work with a higher class of books at HQ. Oh yes, major change, moving from primarily entertainment books to primarily scholarly.
It gets curious as the formal part of the interview ends. We end up in a - gasp - spontaneous discussion on science fiction. Now first, I haven't read a whole lot of sci fi. Second, I'm not very impressed by that which I have read.
So how do they leave things hanging? Give me a list of a half dozen scifi, recommended reading, as the fiction could be approaching non-fiction.
I am to read all, give a one page book review on each.
Needless to say, three of these books have to do primarily with time travel into the past. The others, alternate time lines.
Well, there is something in me that rebels against this sort of thing. I do happen to have a memory which is almost photographic.
And so it is, five of the six I can spot one or more inconsistencies.
My book reports are considerably less than flattering. In all cases, I assert insufficient attention to the detail could leave the protagonist hanging in limbo, unable to make the return trip.
And then I wait for an answer on that; but not holding my breath.