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I received a copy of this book free to review from Netgalley. The concept is quite interesting. When two brothers invent a time travel machine that is capable of sending someone into the future, the government takes over and there is a reality show contest - hosted by Ryan Seacrest - in order to chose a person to send into the future. Sam Grant, who is getting his master's degree in history, and is being pressured by his mother to apply to schools for his PHD, applies instead, for the time travel contest. He is wasted when he fills out the application and makes up most of his answers, but he does include that as an historian, he feels that he would be a good person to send into the future. Sam drinks a lot, smokes a lot of pot, and uses the "f" word a lot. He loses his job when he is chosen to be a contestant and he tries a variety of ways to get kicked off of the show from being boring, to being drunk and rude on camera. With much talk of politics, paparazzi and our obsession with reality tv, the book has some really good parts. The title has very little to do with the book and the cover art seems to have nothing to do with the book. I found the ending to be a bit abrupt and it seemed rather unfinished. I give this book 3 1/2 stars on a 5 star rating scale.
Sounds exciting
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