Stuck in Fast Forward

{{Short description|1999 novel by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes}}

{{Infobox book|

| name = Stuck in Fast Forward

| image = Broderick & Barnes - Stuck in Fast Forward Coverart.png

| caption = Stuck in Fast Forward first edition cover.

| authors = Damien Broderick
Rory Barnes

| cover_artist = Luke Causby

| country = Australia

| language = English

| genre = Young adult, science fiction

| publisher = HarperCollins

| pub_date = 1999

| media_type = Print (paperback)

| pages = 227 (first edition)

| isbn = 0-7322-6562-2

| oclc =

}}

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6499259-stuck-in-fast-forward | title =Stuck in Fast Forward | publisher = |website=Goodreads | accessdate = 25 April 2010 }}

Background

Stuck in Fast Forward was first published in 1999 by HarperCollins in paperback format.{{cite web | url = http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21066 | title = Bibliography: Stuck in Fast Forward | publisher = |website=ISFDB | accessdate = 25 April 2010 }} In 2003, it was expanded and released in the United States by E-Reads under the title The Hunger of Time.{{cite web | url = http://rorybarnes.net/Stuck_details.html | title = Stuck details | publisher = |website=Rorybarnes.net | accessdate = 25 April 2010 }} 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2000.html#yn | title = The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Aurealis Awards | publisher = Locus Online | accessdate = 25 April 2010 }}

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".

References

Category:1999 Australian novels

Category:Australian science fiction novels

Category:1999 science fiction novels

Category:Australian young adult novels

Category:Children's science fiction novels

Category:Novels about time travel

Category:HarperCollins books