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24 alternatives to Back to the Future

Novelization of the Back to the Future film

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Back to the Future launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Throwback Special▲61

   A Novel

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Do The Movies Have a Future?▲62

   A call to arms to celebrate movies

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Competing for the Future▲54

   The art of planning for the future

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Black Swan▲80

   The impact of the highly improbable

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Future Visions▲66

   Original science fiction inspired by Microsoft

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Technotopia▲96

   A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Folded Clock▲70

   Diary of a modern writer

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Tomorrowland▲66

   Pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming▲69

   How can design inspire us to think about our future?

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Making Ideas Happen▲75

    Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Abomination▲79

    First novel from the screenwriter of new Star Wars movie

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Booktrack▲79

    Read with a soundtrack

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Brick by Brick▲65

    How LEGO rewrote the rules of innovation

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    In the Blink of an Eye▲55

    A perspective on film editing

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Recompiler Magazine▲60

    Learning about technology in a fun and inclusive way

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Filmography▲95

    Prove your movie knowledge

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Great Race▲60

    The global quest for the car of the future

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Road to Relativity▲55

    The History and Meaning of Einstein's Masterpiece

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Presence▲81

    Science fiction novel about the future of Virtual Reality

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future▲54

    What's the future?

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Fabricated▲55

    The new world of 3D printing

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Red Mars▲74

    A future history of Martian colonization

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Ender's Game▲93

    The enemy's gate is down

    2015 · its alternatives →

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