Book info

• Title Back to the Future, Part II
• Author Craig Shaw Gardner
• Year 1989
• Genre Science Fiction

There was a time when Marty McFly was never in time for classes and never in time for dinner. Then one day, he wasn't in his time at all. Thanks to Doc Brown and his impossibly fast DeLorean, Marty returned to the past, changed his future (or present, depending on how you look at it), and then he... well... Only time will tell.

Thoughts

Another novelisation of my favourite movie series, this time following Marty McFly and Doc Brown as they head to 2015 (the future for them, the past for us now!), cause lots of chaos and have to fix everything before it all ends in a giant paradox. We know the story, so am mostly interested in how the novel version compares - it was a lot closer to the film than the first book was, although it’s nice to see Marty’s motivations sometimes, and there were some extra bits that didn’t make the movie (Marty meeting his brother outside Biff’s hotel in the rogue 1985). Either way it’s just enjoyable to spend more time in this world.

Rating: 5 / 5