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*''Back to the Future'' is listed in this book which lists 1001 must-see movie[[File:Adam Spencer's Time Machine.jpg|thumb|334x334px|The [[DeLorean time machine]] on the front cover of ''Adam Spencer's Time Machine''.]]s.
 
*''Back to the Future'' is listed in this book which lists 1001 must-see movie[[File:Adam Spencer's Time Machine.jpg|thumb|334x334px|The [[DeLorean time machine]] on the front cover of ''Adam Spencer's Time Machine''.]]s.
   
=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Time A Brief History of Time]: From the Big Bang to Black Holes ===
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=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Time A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes] ===
 
{{Quote|The other possible way to resolve the paradoxes of time travel might be called the alternative histories hypothesis. The idea here is that when time travellers go back into the past, they enter alternative histories which differ from recorded history. Thus they can act freely, without the constraint of consistency with their previous history. [[Steven Spielberg]] had fun with this notion in the ''Back to the Future'' films: [[Marty McFly]] was able to go back and change his parent's courtship to a more satisfactory history.|From ''A Brief History of Time'' by Stephen Hawking (quote, page 183)}}
 
{{Quote|The other possible way to resolve the paradoxes of time travel might be called the alternative histories hypothesis. The idea here is that when time travellers go back into the past, they enter alternative histories which differ from recorded history. Thus they can act freely, without the constraint of consistency with their previous history. [[Steven Spielberg]] had fun with this notion in the ''Back to the Future'' films: [[Marty McFly]] was able to go back and change his parent's courtship to a more satisfactory history.|From ''A Brief History of Time'' by Stephen Hawking (quote, page 183)}}
* In this bestselling cosmology book written by the late Stephen Hawking, ''Back to the Future'' is mentioned in the tenth chapter ("Wormholes and Time Travel").
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* In this bestselling cosmology book written by the late Stephen Hawking, ''Back to the Future'' is mentioned in the tenth chapter ("Wormholes and Time Travel"). A section in this chapter regarding alternate history mentions how Marty travelled back in time (in the [[Back to the Future|first ''Back to the Future'' film]]), interfered with his parent's first meeting and returned to a better life.
   
 
=== Adam Spencer's Time Machine ===
 
=== Adam Spencer's Time Machine ===
* The [[DeLorean time machine]] is featured on the front cover of this history book.
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* The [[DeLorean time machine]] is featured on the front cover of this history book. The DeLorean on the front cover has a Sydney Swans bumper sticker on the car's rear bumper.
   
 
=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_of_the_Impossible Physics of the Impossible] ===
 
=== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_of_the_Impossible Physics of the Impossible] ===

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This page is for references to the Back to the Future trilogy in literature.

Fiction

Listed below are fiction books which reference the Back to the Future trilogy.

Ready Player One

"By their thirtieth birthdays, [James] Halliday and [Ogden] Morrow were both multimillionaires, They purchased mansions on the same street. Morrow bought a Lamborghini, took several long vacations, and traveled the world. Halliday bought and restored one of the original DeLoreans used in the Back to the Future films, continued to spend nearly all his time welded to a computer keyboard, and used his newfound wealth to amass what would eventually become the world's largest collection of classic video-games, Star Wars action figures, vintage lunch boxes, and comic books."
—From Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (quote, page 56)
  • In the book, it is mentioned that James Halliday purchased and restored one of the DeLoreans used in the Back to the Future films.
"I made a big entrance when I arrived in my flying DeLorean, which I'd obtained by completing a Back to the Future quest on the planet Zemeckis. The DeLorean came outfitted with a (nonfunctioning) flux capacitor, but I'd made several additions to its equipment and appearance. First, I'd installed an artificially intelligent onboard computer named KITT (purchased in an online auction) into the dashboard, along with a matching red Knight Rider scanner just above the DeLorean's grill. Then I'd outfitted the car with an oscillation overthruster, a device that allowed it to travel through solid matter. Finally, to complete my 80's super-vehicle theme, I'd slapped a Ghostbusters logo on each of the DeLorean's gull-wing doors, then added personalized plates that read ECTO-88. / I'd had it only a few weeks now, but my time-travelling, Ghost Busting, Knight Riding, matter-penetrating DeLorean had already become my avatar's trademark / I knew that leaving my sweet ride parked in a PvP zone was an open invitation for some moron to try to boost it. The DeLorean had several antitheft systems installed, and the ignition system was booby-trapped Max Rockatansky-style so that if any other avatar tried to start the car, the plutonium chamber would detonate in a small thermonuclear explosion. But keeping my car safe wouldn't be a problem here on Neonoir. As soon as I climbed out of the DeLorean I cast a Shrink spell on it, instantly reducing it to the size of a Matchbox car. Then I put the DeLorean in my pocket. Magic zones had their advantages."
—From Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (quote, page 182)
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    Ernie Cline's ECTO 88 Full Car Tour

    Ernest Cline (author of Ready Player One) gives a tour of his DeLorean.

    In the OASIS, Parzival (the main character) owns a DeLorean time machine ; he obtained the vehicle after completing a Back to the Future quest on Planet Zemeckis (an obvious nod to Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis ). Parzival's DeLorean was also featured in the film adaptation of the novel . The vehicle owned by Parzival has a non-functioning flux capacitor . Parzival made several modifications to his DeLorean; he added the KITT AI & red scanner (both from the Knight Rider series) on the DeLorean's grill, added an oscillation overthruster (from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension), allowing the vehicle to travel through solid matter, slapped a Ghostbusters logo on both the DeLorean's gullwing doors, and personalised plates reading "Ecto-88" (a nod to the Ecto-1 and the speed required of the time machine to travel through time).
  • Ernest Cline (the author of Ready Player One) owns a DeLorean, which he customised so it would resemble Parzival's DeLorean.

Time Riders

"She [Maddy] looked both ways at the pedestrian crossing. A red double-decker bus rumbled past them. Across the street a giant billboard was showing a poster for the movie Back to the Future Part II. Maddy remembered seeing the movie, one of many they'd watched together in their Brooklyn field office. The film's depiction of 2015 had been laughably naive and upbeat: colourful, fun, optimistic. Hoverboards instead of skateboards, for God's sake. She wondered how much more fun life would be if God was a Hollywood movie director."
—From The Mayan Prophecy by Alex Scarrow (quote, page 60)
  • In the series' eight book The Mayan Prophecy, the characters time travel to 1989 London. Maddy sees a billboard promoting Back to the Future Part II and recalls when she saw the film with her friends. Maddy remarks how the film's depiction of the future was "laughably naive and upbeat: colouful, fun, optimistic." 

Non-fiction

Listed below are non-fiction books referencing the Back to the Future trilogy.

101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die

  • Back to the Future is in this book, which lists 101 must-see science-fiction movies.

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

  • Back to the Future is listed in this book which lists 1001 must-see movie
    Adam Spencer's Time Machine

    The DeLorean time machine on the front cover of Adam Spencer's Time Machine.

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A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

"The other possible way to resolve the paradoxes of time travel might be called the alternative histories hypothesis. The idea here is that when time travellers go back into the past, they enter alternative histories which differ from recorded history. Thus they can act freely, without the constraint of consistency with their previous history. Steven Spielberg had fun with this notion in the Back to the Future films: Marty McFly was able to go back and change his parent's courtship to a more satisfactory history."
—From A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (quote, page 183)
  • In this bestselling cosmology book written by the late Stephen Hawking, Back to the Future is mentioned in the tenth chapter ("Wormholes and Time Travel"). A section in this chapter regarding alternate history mentions how Marty travelled back in time (in the first Back to the Future film), interfered with his parent's first meeting and returned to a better life.

Adam Spencer's Time Machine

  • The DeLorean time machine is featured on the front cover of this history book. The DeLorean on the front cover has a Sydney Swans bumper sticker on the car's rear bumper.

Physics of the Impossible

  • In the twelfth chapter ("Time Travel"), Back to the Future is mentioned.