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Future Proof: The Time Travel Comedy/Drama That Everyone's Talking About.
185 pages, Hardcover
Published January 16, 2023
5 people want to read
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David Atkinson
7 books23 followersDavid Atkinson is an Edinburgh based writer. His first Romantic Comedy Love Byte published by Buried River Press (Joffe Books) was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelist Association award. The follow up book SQUEEZED was well received as was The Second Live of Nathan Jones, published by One More Chapter an imprint of Harper Collins.
His latest novel Future Proof has been notching up 4 & 5* reviews. Future Proof has already won the Page Turner Genre award (December 2022) and promises to be something a little different.
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His latest novel Future Proof has been notching up 4 & 5* reviews. Future Proof has already won the Page Turner Genre award (December 2022) and promises to be something a little different.
To sign up for author updates, newsletters, special offers and some exciting news, or if you just to say hello or ask a question please drop a quick email to: collectivecharmbooks@gmail.co
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December 4, 2023
Hi everyone
I love books; they provide a wonderful escape from reality, which, sometimes, we all need.
I thought I'd share my favourite book of the year: Future Proof by David Atkinson.
This is one of those books that catches you off guard - you don't expect it to grab you, but it does, it definitely does.
I'll try and avoid spoiling it - The story starts with Sam Harris, aged 40, being evicted from his flat - he's grossly overweight, unemployed and probably depressed. A social worker gets him onto an experimental medical research programme, and he's given board and lodging in return for participating.
Then the fun begins - the medical injections they give him, which are supposed to fix faulty genes, actually propel him back into his past where the damage to the gene occurred. (none of the medical staff realise this of course).
From there, you won't be able to put the book down as the story weaves a brilliant path between Sam, his childhood sweetheart Luci, and a cast of secondary characters that are just brilliant. Yes, there are some time-travel elements, but the sci-fi is low-key, with no extensive explanations around paradoxes and crazy changes to timelines and stuff. It's all very focused on Sam and Luci and the effect these changes have on their relationship as Sam goes back and forth from his past to his present.
What I loved was the trips to the past are very brief, which means he doesn't have a chance to change that much, and it's the subtle alterations and the effect they have on him and Luci that are so addictive.
I have to say this is my book of the year and the best book with time travel in it that I have EVER read, and I've read most of them.
I love books; they provide a wonderful escape from reality, which, sometimes, we all need.
I thought I'd share my favourite book of the year: Future Proof by David Atkinson.
This is one of those books that catches you off guard - you don't expect it to grab you, but it does, it definitely does.
I'll try and avoid spoiling it - The story starts with Sam Harris, aged 40, being evicted from his flat - he's grossly overweight, unemployed and probably depressed. A social worker gets him onto an experimental medical research programme, and he's given board and lodging in return for participating.
Then the fun begins - the medical injections they give him, which are supposed to fix faulty genes, actually propel him back into his past where the damage to the gene occurred. (none of the medical staff realise this of course).
From there, you won't be able to put the book down as the story weaves a brilliant path between Sam, his childhood sweetheart Luci, and a cast of secondary characters that are just brilliant. Yes, there are some time-travel elements, but the sci-fi is low-key, with no extensive explanations around paradoxes and crazy changes to timelines and stuff. It's all very focused on Sam and Luci and the effect these changes have on their relationship as Sam goes back and forth from his past to his present.
What I loved was the trips to the past are very brief, which means he doesn't have a chance to change that much, and it's the subtle alterations and the effect they have on him and Luci that are so addictive.
I have to say this is my book of the year and the best book with time travel in it that I have EVER read, and I've read most of them.
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