Ebook {Epub PDF} All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai

All Our Wrong Todays, a speculative novel by Elan Mastai, is told from the perspective of Tom Barren, an unreliable narrator who claims to be a time-traveler from an alternate universe who is trying to write his memoir. While repeatedly apologizing for his self-perceived inability to write a “good” report of his life, he attempts to explain how he was stranded in his readers’ ordinary universe. All Our Wrong Todays is a time travel/alternate timelines science fiction novel that actually pays some serious attention to the paradoxes and theoretical difficulties with time travel. For example, Elan Mastai directly addresses the problem that the earth’s movement in space creates for would-be time travelers/5(K). USA Today “Mastai’s model, openly acknowledged, is Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle, with its short chapters and snappy punchlines. He has caught the tone very well: a narrative voice at once wise and naïve, indignant and resigned, flip and deeply sad.”—The Wall Street Journal “All Our Wrong Todays is an incredibly creative work. It’s as if Mastai time traveled and took copious notes of what a future Pages:

Elan Mastai's "All Our Wrong Todays" is a quirky and romantic time-travel thriller that is propelled forward by short chapters and an engaging premise: Tom Barren lives in , but it's not our - it's the 21st Century imagined by pulp sci-fi novels. Flying cars, no international conflict, unlimited energy, robot butlers, and commercial. All Our Wrong Todays is an entertaining romp that should appeal to fans The Time Traveler's Wife -- Best recent science fiction * The Guardian * Sharp, funny writing in a mind-bending, time-travelling junket of a novel * Daily Mail * A mind-bending time travel caper * Guardian * Elan Mastai manages the [time-travel] genre masterfully in his debut novel -- Olivia Ovenden * Esquire *. Elan Mastai explores this possibility in his novel, "All Our Wrong Todays." It's and life is full of handy gadgets that help you sleep, eat, drink and travel. The Earth is pollution-free.

USA Today “Mastai’s model, openly acknowledged, is Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle, with its short chapters and snappy punchlines. He has caught the tone very well: a narrative voice at once wise and naïve, indignant and resigned, flip and deeply sad.”—The Wall Street Journal “All Our Wrong Todays is an incredibly creative work. It’s as if Mastai time traveled and took copious notes of what a future utopian world would be. All Our Wrong Todays, a speculative novel by Elan Mastai, is told from the perspective of Tom Barren, an unreliable narrator who claims to be a time-traveler from an alternate universe who is trying to write his memoir. While repeatedly apologizing for his self-perceived inability to write a “good” report of his life, he attempts to explain how he was stranded in his readers’ ordinary universe. Author Elan Mastai (David Leyes) One of the clever elements of “All Our Wrong Todays” is its self-reflexive speculation on what it takes to write a novel. Barren often breaks through the page.