Bram Stokers Dracula also has something at its core about obsessions in particular time and timetables, planning etc as highlighted by user gwern: https://news

Bram Stokers Dracula also has something at its core about obsessions in particular time and timetables, planning etc as highlighted by user gwern: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512188 Dracula is obsessed with the modern world and meticulously plans his trip to England including using tide charts, the telegrap and railway timetables. But he is unable to properly adapt (or overcome the obsession) into becoming modern. The good guys are able to use (and not become obsessed with) modern timekeeping, bookkeeping, etc to defeat Dracula. Worth to say that he isn't defeated by being trapped into counting things literally.