Past Imperfect (Back to the Future zine)
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See also Past Imperfect (disambiguation).
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Past Imperfect |
| Publisher: | Alvyren Press |
| Editor: | |
| Author(s): | Mary Jean Holmes |
| Cover Artist(s): | |
| Illustrator(s): | |
| Date(s): | 1992, revised 1999 |
| Medium: | |
| Size: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Back to the Future |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Online version |
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Past Imperfect is a 182-page (136,000 word) gen Back to the Future novel.
Description
From the publisher's website:
It all started out as a fairly typical day in the life of the Brown family and friends. Doc was eager to try out his newest refinement of the flux capacitor, Clara was itching to find out what had really happened to one of her ancestors, the kids were restless, and Jennifer was trying to convince Marty that, after a week of lousy fall weather in Hill Valley, 1994, they really needed a little vacation -- to anywhere or anywhen. Under those circumstances, Doc didn't need any persuasion to agree to a little jaunt to Jamaica, 1741. What he and everyone else was expecting to find was a successful end to the new invention's maiden voyage, the answers to Clara's questions about Sir Edward Clayton, quaintly antiquated Kingston, warm sun, blue oceans, and maybe a sandy beach or two. What they hadn't anticipated was their electrifying arrival, nor the persistent attentions of a certain all-too-familiar looking would-be pirate who wanted fame, a ship, a fortune -- and Doc's head....
Reactions and Reviews
I think I really dig her "Past Imperfect," too, because I really like time travel stories that take place in the past, and that one really nails it. Not only historically accurate (well, as much as a piece of BTTF fiction can be... since the films seem to tweak some of the stereotypes, etc, people have with a time period) but it also involves all the Browns and McFlys. That was also the very first story of hers that I read, when I was 18, and it totally blew me away.... After years of craving further stories with these characters, it was like dying and going to heaven! I literally couldn't sleep that first night reading it because I was so wanting to know what happened next, etc. School those days was a complete and total waste of time for me, heh heh.... [1]
References
- ^ Kristen, May 10, 2005 "Comment on What Is Your Favorite Bttf Fanfic And Why? posted to tapatalk.com/groups/backtothefuture". Archived from the original on 2023-08-23.