Looks like the TARDIS may have some competition in the time travel department. How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is the debut novel written by Charles Yu. This book, about a time travel machine repairman who goes back and forth through time searching for his father, was published in the fall of last year and has already been named one of Time Magazine’s Top 10 Fiction Books of 2010 and amongst the 100 Notable Books of 2010 by the New York Times.

According to THR, How To Live Safely will now make its way to the big screen with Chris Columbus’ production company 1492 Pictures acquiring the film rights to the book. Brendan Bellomo, a NYU film school grad who nabbed acclaim with his live-action sci-fi short titled Bohemibot, will direct the project. 1492’s Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will serve as producers.

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