Ep 26: Time Travel - Back To the Future & The Time Traveler's Wife

In this episode of Parallel Fiction, Heather and Jeff dive into some Time Travel classics.  After a fun opening conversation, the two talk about their recent launch on YouTube, getting the first round of vaccine shots, and how hard it was to pick topics out of such a rich category.

Heather starts first in the presentation portion with The Time Traveler’s Wife.  Heather praises the internet for helping her out with notes this week, as this story has a lot of specific pieces.  A modern day classic, Heather makes the super natural story line seem more human through her summary, and admits this is a story that got her to shed a few tears at the end.

Fun Fact!  The manuscript for The Time Traveler’s wife was rejected by over 25 publishers before it was eventually picked up.  Thats 25 people kicking themselves for passing on this book.

Jeff brings us back into the second portion of summaries with the all time classic film Back to the Future.  Jeff notes that because of the extraordinary popularity of the film, his review will be less detailed, but sprinkled with fun facts from the Hulu documentary Back In Time.  After a fun walk through of the basic plot, Jeff makes good on production facts and actor anecdotes around the time of filming. 

True Story!  Back To The Future filmed its first 6 week with Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly before being let go for the production.  There is footage on YouTube of this alternate version for anyone curious!

Following these reviews, Heather and Jeff dive into commonalities between the two works such as changing the past, the butterfly effect, what you would time travel for, and the modern day science of time travel.

Listen in to hear Jeff and Heather’s candid thoughts on the masterpiece scenes of each story, how Back To The Future and The Time Traveler’s Wife compare, and how Jeff and Heather relate the two. Enjoy this episode and share with anyone who appreciates a good time travel romp!

Heather’s rating for The Time Traveler’s Wife:  Super Nice – An extremely unique take on time travel that will have you gripped for the entire novel.
 

Jeff’s rating for Back To The Future: Super  Nice – An all time classic, if you haven’t seen this movie yet, what are you waiting for?!

Watch Back To The Future here:https://www.amazon.com/Back-Future-Michael-J-Fox/dp/B00439FUYA

Read The Time Traveler’s Wife here: https://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Wife-Audrey-Niffenegger/dp/015602943X

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