Stuck in Fast Forward

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Stuck in Fast Forward
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Stuck in Fast Forward first edition cover.
Authors Damien Broderick
Rory Barnes
Cover artist Luke Causby
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Genre Young adult, science fiction
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
1999
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages227 (first edition)
ISBN 0-7322-6562-2

Stuck in Fast Forward, also known as The Hunger of Time in an expanded edition, is a 1999 young adult science fiction novel by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes. It follows the story of Donald and his family who decide to travel forward in time in order to wait out the disaster and destruction that the world has become. [1]

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Background

Stuck in Fast Forward was first published in 1999 by HarperCollins in paperback format. [2] In 2003, it was expanded and released in the United States by E-Reads under the title The Hunger of Time. [3] It was a short-list nominee for the 1999 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Dave Luckett's A Dark Victory . [4]

Reception

The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia) praised Stuck in Fast Forward as hilarious and clever and stating it "has enough quirks to appeal to the most curious future time-traveller". [3]

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References

  1. "Stuck in Fast Forward". Goodreads. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. "Bibliography: Stuck in Fast Forward". ISFDB . Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Stuck details". Rorybarnes.net. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  4. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online . Retrieved 25 April 2010.