# Stuck in Fast Forward
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{{Short description|1999 novel by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes}}
{{notability|Books|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox book|
| name = Stuck in Fast Forward
| image = Broderick & Barnes - Stuck in Fast Forward Coverart.png
| caption = ''Stuck in Fast Forward'' first edition cover.
| authors = [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick)
[Rory Barnes](/source/Rory_Barnes)
| cover_artist = [Luke Causby](/source/Luke_Causby)
| country = Australia
| language = English
| genre = [Young adult](/source/Young_adult_fiction), science fiction
| publisher = [HarperCollins](/source/HarperCollins)
| pub_date = 1999
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 227 (first edition)
| isbn = 0-7322-6562-2
| oclc =
}}
'''''Stuck in Fast Forward''''', also known as '''''The Hunger of Time''''' in an expanded edition, is a 1999 [young adult](/source/young_adult_fiction) science fiction novel written by [Damien Broderick](/source/Damien_Broderick) and [Rory Barnes](/source/Rory_Barnes). It follows the story of Donald and his family, who decide to travel forward in time in order to wait out the disaster and destruction that the world has become.[{{cite web | url = http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6499259-stuck-in-fast-forward | title =Stuck in Fast Forward | publisher = |website=Goodreads | accessdate = 25 April 2010 }}]
==Background==
''Stuck in Fast Forward'' was first published in 1999 by [HarperCollins](/source/HarperCollins) in paperback format.[{{cite web | url = http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21066 | title = Bibliography: Stuck in Fast Forward | publisher = |website=[ISFDB](/source/ISFDB) | accessdate = 25 April 2010 }}] In 2003, it was expanded and released in the United States by [E-Reads](/source/E-Reads) under the title ''The Hunger of Time''.[{{cite web | url = http://rorybarnes.net/Stuck_details.html | title = Stuck details | publisher = |website=Rorybarnes.net | accessdate = 25 April 2010 }}] It was a short-list nominee for the 1999 [Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel](/source/Aurealis_Award_for_best_young-adult_novel) but lost to [Dave Luckett](/source/Dave_Luckett)'s ''[A Dark Victory](/source/A_Dark_Victory)''.[{{cite web | url = http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2000.html#yn | title = The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Aurealis Awards | publisher = [Locus Online](/source/Locus_Online) | accessdate = 25 April 2010 }}]
==Reception==
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''[The Courier-Mail](/source/The_Courier-Mail)'' (Brisbane, Australia) praised ''Stuck in Fast Forward'' as hilarious and clever and stating it "has enough quirks to appeal to the most curious future time-traveller".