Ryan Forsythe

I received the book free from Library Thing, and wasn’t sure what exactly to expect from it. I am old enough and have followed current events long enough to understand and appreciate the plot, characters and antics. I loved the way the author researched the material (or knew?/remembered?) to insert events and personalities correctly and at just the right time to make the story interesting and realistic. I never would have thought of setting a plot in the future in such a neat way to be able to go back into time and relate/change history, and his use of the time machine and yogurt was unique and great. The basic plot is short: Go back in time to prevent the Al Gore presidency and the terrible effects it had. His mix of time travelers we all well remember (I hope), Joe Lieberman, Ralph Nadar, Donald Rumsfeld, work together to prevent the ultimate evil force, Al Gore, from becoming president, which avoids, as I said, the dire circumstances that follow. I thought the way the author illustrated how time travel can alter and impact history was fascinating and just quirky enough to keep the reader’s interest and be believable. I recommend anyone with an interest in or knowledge of history and/or politics, even dick Cheney lovers, get a copy of this book so he can delve into the world of what-ifs. The author has given the reader a fascinating and realistic madcap satire about a time we all should remember.… (altro)

First, let me say that this is a very funny book. If you are up on your current events (especially politics since the Nixon administration) you will probably laugh a lot of the jokes pertaining to the antics of Dick Cheney (time traveler and our hero), Donald Rumsfeld (an alien), Joe Lieberman (a robot), Ralph Nadar (time traveling spoil-sport) and of course, Al Gore (who?).

Dick Cheney travels back in time and while there decides to please his old man from the 27th century and make sure Al Gore never gets elected. Several nefarious agents and time travelers are in on the scheme for various reasons and they all come together on one madcap night in November of 2000 (remember that night?) so that good prevails over evil and time can be re-written and that Al Gore does not become president leading to the ultimate evil...which I cannot reveal, or it would spoil it for you, dear reader, and that is part of the fun.

I also loved the varying discussions about the ins and outs of time travel (fueled by yogurt) and the future history regarding the regulation of time travel and some of the problems that arise in the future because we are so able to change history. It makes just enough sense to be fun and thought provoking.

The meta novel part was actually appealing to me as well, as the author, chronicled what I assume is a semi-autobiographical tale of how he came to write and publish this time traveling caper novel on the same day that the real Dick Cheney published his memoirs. I really hope that John Stewert gets a hold of this because Ryan Forsythe would be an excellent guest on the Daily Show. There would be much hilarity.… (altro)