Back to the Future [Import] [Paperback]

George Gipe (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Corgi Books (1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552127744
• ISBN-13: 978-0552127745
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,607,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent novelization of a movie., December 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Back To Future (Paperback)

This book is wonderful and should be read by any Back to the Future trlogy fan. It is a must-read book filled with action and contains a couple of differences with the movie that were probably original ideas not used in the final film.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the better movie novelizations., April 27, 2001

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Thanos6 (Chapin, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back To Future (Paperback)

This novelization by George Gipe delves even deeper into the characters of the superb movie than did the movie itself (as difficult as that is). There are, however, some differences from the movie; Gipe must have been given a different version of the script than the final, shooting edition. Overall, recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An echo of futurepast, November 20, 2011

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Inspector Gadget "Go Go Gadget Reviews" (On the trail of Doctor Claw) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back to the Future (Paperback)

It's been a long time since I read a movie novelization. They are kinda artless but are usually adapted from the complete screenplay written immediately before production and thus have more character detail. The best period for novelizations was, without a doubt, the 80s, when better authors tried hard to make someone else's creation their own.

George Gipe (who also wrote Gremlins before he died of a bee sting in 1986) does great at putting us in the minds of Marty, Doc, and George in the first 60-year round-trip of this popular trilogy. The story zips along with not a single dull moment, fully detailing the world we've seen on-screen many times. It's definitely a new way to experience a familiar adventure.

The book is long OOP, but I don't understand something with a brand name as popular as this isn't still in print. Surely keeping BTTF on the shelfs (and on Kindle too, if you're that way inclined) is a financially viable thing to do. Either way, hunt it down.