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Time Looter: Episode One
"Scathing lunacy. Back to the Future meets Idiocracy ." ~ New York Times Bestselling author Jim Butcher
***From the This is the first episode in the first season of Time Looter. It is novel-length and way worth the money but it obviously ends in a cliffhanger, duh, so none of you dummies buy it if you’re too dumb to figure that out from the description. Oh, and there are some bad words...~ Love, Fenton Cooper***
CASEY ATLAS was good at picking pockets. It was one of the few things he’d ever bothered to do well. Casey was also tall, good looking, ignorant, immature, spoiled, lazy, occasionally vicious, mind-blowingly shallow, and one of the first people ever to go back in time. He also liked cats and planned on robbing the Titanic. What could go wrong?
In this first episode, FENTON COOPER , a highly suspicious character and the author of Time Looter , has written possibly the most socially unaware and politically incorrect time travel romp since time travel was invented. It’s Back to the Future meets Real Genius in this pop-culture allusion-fest guaranteed to make you ashamed that you laughed so hard.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"Scathing lunacy. Back to the Future meets Idiocracy ." ~ New York Times Bestseller Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files
***From the This is the first episode in the first season of Time Looter. It is novel-length and way worth the money but it obviously ends in a cliffhanger, duh, so none of you dummies buy it if you’re too dumb to figure that out from the description. Oh, and there are some bad words...~ Love, Fenton Cooper***
CASEY ATLAS was good at picking pockets. It was one of the few things he’d ever bothered to do well. Casey was also tall, good looking, ignorant, immature, spoiled, lazy, occasionally vicious, mind-blowingly shallow, and one of the first people ever to go back in time. He also liked cats and planned on robbing the Titanic. What could go wrong?
In this first episode, FENTON COOPER , a highly suspicious character and the author of Time Looter , has written possibly the most socially unaware and politically incorrect time travel romp since time travel was invented. It’s Back to the Future meets Real Genius in this pop-culture allusion-fest guaranteed to make you ashamed that you laughed so hard.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"Scathing lunacy. Back to the Future meets Idiocracy ." ~ New York Times Bestseller Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files
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Published December 20, 2016
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March 28, 2017
This book is definitely not written by Michael Bunker and his off the rails humor side kick, Michael Forbes, oh wait, Forbes West. I'm a big fan of Bunker and his serialized books Pennsylvania and Wick, and so far this has been just the kind of reading addiction I was hoping for. Orbit South is funny in real life, and the character he epitomizes is enough to keep this story riding just to hear what he says next. It just so happens that the story is pretty engaging too. By the end, I had the right kind of wishing it wasn't over mixed with excitement that part two was already on my Kindle.
Casey Atlas is a rich kid that comes off as a jerk, but has moments when you see he's broken and his humor is a desperate attempt at clawing for survival. I'm looking forward to seeing how much trouble they get into in their time travel trips, and what it will look like when he realizes that humor won't be the answer to the pain in his heart.
This isn't a sappy story by any means, but there is a hint of what has made me care to see him find happiness.
The plot starts with Casey using his inheritance from his father, in a deal with his uncle to enter the physics Ph.D. program at the local university. He meets a couple geeks with time travel devices who need his boat, and off they go to 1983 to watch Star Wars on its opening night. Good stuff moving along that ramps up when a few more pieces are added and they leap into something that will put them on the map of technological discovery. At the end, my only drawback was it escalated to a point that I had a hard time believing some character motivations. Could just be me, and I still picked up book two with a smile on my face, but I was a little taken back that things might have moved too quickly.
Casey Atlas is a rich kid that comes off as a jerk, but has moments when you see he's broken and his humor is a desperate attempt at clawing for survival. I'm looking forward to seeing how much trouble they get into in their time travel trips, and what it will look like when he realizes that humor won't be the answer to the pain in his heart.
This isn't a sappy story by any means, but there is a hint of what has made me care to see him find happiness.
The plot starts with Casey using his inheritance from his father, in a deal with his uncle to enter the physics Ph.D. program at the local university. He meets a couple geeks with time travel devices who need his boat, and off they go to 1983 to watch Star Wars on its opening night. Good stuff moving along that ramps up when a few more pieces are added and they leap into something that will put them on the map of technological discovery. At the end, my only drawback was it escalated to a point that I had a hard time believing some character motivations. Could just be me, and I still picked up book two with a smile on my face, but I was a little taken back that things might have moved too quickly.
February 3, 2017
solid story with a lot of potential. I'm curious to see what happens next, but the first episode needs a good editing for typos and missing words. The characters are pretty good, the plot is fun and fast paced, and it's a great concept, however it just seemed to have been thrown together a little too quickly.
May 26, 2019
Poor
Loose plot tinged with the unbelievable, laced with undeniably stupid characters trying to be introduced as legitimate people.
Hard to read.
Loose plot tinged with the unbelievable, laced with undeniably stupid characters trying to be introduced as legitimate people.
Hard to read.
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March 14, 2017this book was not for me. main character was just too inane to be in the story.
February 1, 2017
Full disclosure: I received a free copy of the paperback of this book from the publisher.
"Fast-paced romp" is the trite kind of phrase you see on a lot of book jackets, but in this case it really applies. The writing is snappy and the plot moves forward without much time for introspection.
Time Looter stars Casey Atlas, a loathsome, offensive protagonist. It was a bold choice to make the main character such a disgusting creature. He's self-centered, obtuse and just plain mean. I LOVE the guy, and can't figure out why. Perhaps it's that there's something very genuine about Atlas. He doesn't hide his warts. He's a man of action, who does and says what others might only think. Part of him (a very deeply hidden part) seems to want to be a better person, and who doesn't identify with that?
My primary criticism of this time-traveling comedic adventure is that the ensemble cast isn't very fleshed out. Then again, you see the story from Casey's point of view, and perhaps he just doesn't notice others' personalities and motivations.
There's a lot of silliness in this book. The authors aren't afraid to offend, a trait that's important to good comedy. Time Looter isn't just a bunch happy jokes though, sometimes the humor is twisted and dark.
This book is part one of a series and ends on a heck of a cliffhanger. I can't wait to see where it goes. There's a lot of potential for growth here. I only wish I had a time machine to get the next entry sooner.
"Fast-paced romp" is the trite kind of phrase you see on a lot of book jackets, but in this case it really applies. The writing is snappy and the plot moves forward without much time for introspection.
Time Looter stars Casey Atlas, a loathsome, offensive protagonist. It was a bold choice to make the main character such a disgusting creature. He's self-centered, obtuse and just plain mean. I LOVE the guy, and can't figure out why. Perhaps it's that there's something very genuine about Atlas. He doesn't hide his warts. He's a man of action, who does and says what others might only think. Part of him (a very deeply hidden part) seems to want to be a better person, and who doesn't identify with that?
My primary criticism of this time-traveling comedic adventure is that the ensemble cast isn't very fleshed out. Then again, you see the story from Casey's point of view, and perhaps he just doesn't notice others' personalities and motivations.
There's a lot of silliness in this book. The authors aren't afraid to offend, a trait that's important to good comedy. Time Looter isn't just a bunch happy jokes though, sometimes the humor is twisted and dark.
This book is part one of a series and ends on a heck of a cliffhanger. I can't wait to see where it goes. There's a lot of potential for growth here. I only wish I had a time machine to get the next entry sooner.
December 26, 2016
I liked the premise too much. I somehow missed the warning. My bad.
I should never have bought this book until all the parts were available. I hate cliffhangers. I guess I will just have to wait for all the parts to be offered and re-read this when an actual climax and ending exist.
Don't read it if you're not fully prepared to be left hanging because none of the loose ends are even close to tied up in this episode.
Main character is not very likeable and has a pretty bad potty mouth, but the geeky classmates compensate fairly well. Really great premise and good plotting. Just not finished.
I should never have bought this book until all the parts were available. I hate cliffhangers. I guess I will just have to wait for all the parts to be offered and re-read this when an actual climax and ending exist.
Don't read it if you're not fully prepared to be left hanging because none of the loose ends are even close to tied up in this episode.
Main character is not very likeable and has a pretty bad potty mouth, but the geeky classmates compensate fairly well. Really great premise and good plotting. Just not finished.
January 27, 2017
Loved every word. Cannot wait to see where the story goes from here. Part two soon please!!
May 3, 2017
Took a little bit to get rolling, but was action packed at the end. Warning...it ends on a cliffhanger. Enjoyed all the 80's time travel references, as well as throwback threads from the movie Titanic. Now I'm curious...is there anything to that conspiracy?
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