Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2435082 in Books
• Published on: 1985-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for all
This great novel tells the unforgettable story of a time-travelling teenager and his slightly mad scientist friend.
When Marty McFly ends up in the past, it is up to him and his friend, doctor Emmett Brown, to get him back to 1985, without altering the course of time and putting his future life at risk.
This novel is a great reminder of one of the greatest films of all time and gives readers an insight into extra scenes that were not shown on screen.
An excellent novel for back to the future fans and those new to the world of back to the future, highly recommended.

The Best Version Ever
I have multiple copies of Back to the Future and recently heard about this version. As soon as I bought it, I had to put it on. What a film! Then I eagerly put the second disk on and I was mind-blown. The ride footage was immense. The Looking Back to the Future documentary was rather informative and full of facts along with behind the scenes footage. The last feature was a conversation with Michael J. Fox and if, like me, you are a huge fan this DVD is a must. Any true Back to the Future fan SHOULD and MUST own this version. Easily a five star and that would be without the film.

Enjoyable but flawed
As BTTF is one of my all-time favourite films, I was very curious about how the book would compare. It is an enjoyable read, bringing in deleted scenes from the film and some measure of insight into the characters' minds and motives. However, at times the writing style was quite laboured and didn't flow smoothly at all. I got the feeling that the author knew what he wanted his readers to see but wasn't quite sure how to transform his vision into words. Granted, that can be difficult and in some instances -- such as the famous skateboard chase -- he handled it well, but in other, more mundane scenes the narrative tripped over an abundance of words and redundant phrases.

As a film tie-in, it worked very well, bringing reminders of favourite scenes and funny moments, but as a stand-alone novel it failed due to poor and awkward writing.