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InterWorld (Interworld #1)

by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Michael Reaves

3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 · rating details · 5,776 ratings · 737 reviews

This "New York Times"-bestselling tale of magic, science, bravery, and adventure by master storyteller Gaiman and Emmy-winning writer Reaves is now in paperback. Joey Harker has always had a terrible sense of direction. One day he gets lost in his own town and walks right out of his universe.

Hardcover, 239 pages

Published June 26th 2007 by HarperCollins

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Mar 29, 2009 Osho rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

A thin offering from Gaiman (of whom I expect better) and Reaves (with whose work I'm not familiar). It's reminiscent of a second-tier Heinlein juvenile novel, down to the "Old Man" who is revered by all and for whose mission everyone would sacrifice to carry out. The plot is enjoyable enough, though it will seem fairly derivative to most YA F&SF readers. Character development is weak and rushed, and some characters who seem important (like Nigel) simply disappear. We learn about Binary but...more

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Apr 09, 2009 Thomas rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction, young-adult

I’m always a bit shocked when a Neil Gaiman book manages to make a public release without me knowing about it. I wonder if I’m paying close enough attention to the blogs and journals that let me know about new releases. I mean, it’s Gaiman, and I didn’t know about it? What network did I miss?

InterWorld is a juvenile novel, not even a YA novel, though, and that might be how I missed it. I almost missed out on M Is for Magic, and I remember the first time I saw Coraline was long after it had been...more I’m always a bit shocked when a Neil Gaiman book manages to make a public release without me knowing about it. I wonder if I’m paying close enough attention to the blogs and journals that let me know about new releases. I mean, it’s Gaiman, and I didn’t know about it? What network did I miss?

InterWorld is a juvenile novel, not even a YA novel, though, and that might be how I missed it. I almost missed out on M Is for Magic, and I remember the first time I saw Coraline was long after it had been originally released. At least, that’s the story I’m telling.

InterWorld tells the story of Joey Harker, a young boy who discovers his ability to walk between similar worlds. There’s a theory in quantum physics that predicts that any time a serious enough decision is made, the world splits at that point, and creates one world that goes off in the direction where the decision goes one way, and one world where the decision goes off in another direction. Both worlds exist independently of each other, and each is equally valid and true. Of course, this doesn’t mean that a world splits off whenever you decide to eat cereal for breakfast instead of eggs, but it could mean that The Man in the High Castle may exist as nonfiction in another dimension.

Joey is a Walker, and can move between all those worlds. He’s also the most powerful Walker in existence, so he suddenly becomes the most popular guy in the InterWorlds, since the good guys, the bad guys, and the bad bad guys all want him for different reasons. It’s all a bit hokey and convoluted, and also a bit contrived and forced. It’s also awfully convenient in points, and shallow, and two-dimensional (ironically), and….

Well, if you’re a Neil Gaiman fanboy, nothing I can say will stop you from reading this book, except maybe this: This is not a Neil Gaiman book. I say this partly because this simply doesn’t read like a Neil Gaiman novel. I haven’t read much by Michael Reaves, but I’ve read a lot of Neil Gaiman, and think I can say with certainty that this is much more a Michael Reaves book than it is a Neil Gaiman book. I think a certain part of me wants to say that it’s a Reaves novel because it’s just so bland, but that’s really not why I say that. The book lacks a certain charm that Gaiman puts into his writing, and the language used doesn’t seem to be similar to that which Gaiman uses. A footnote at the end of the book details that the story is over 10 years old, and was put together as a novel over a long weekend after existing first as a television proposal. It doesn’t specify who served as the idea man, and who did all the grunt work, but it’s pretty obvious after finishing the book.

Look, remember Lady Justice? Teknophage? Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man? They all served to prove that a Neil Gaiman idea could not turn into a Neil Gaiman story unless Gaiman himself wrote the words. Unfortunately, InterWorld proves the same point. The book isn’t a complete disaster (for the target age group, the story probably works quite well), but if you’re looking for good Gaiman fiction for kids, look for M Is for Magic or Coraline, instead.(less)

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Jul 10, 2012 cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dragfrs-gaiman-pratchett, indonesian

Buku ini sebuah karya bersama Neil Gaiman dan Michael Reaves yang dimaksudkan untuk konsumsi anak-remaja, sehingga ringan dan renyah, meski tetap menakjubkan bagaimana dia (mereka) memadukan banyak sekali teori-teori fisika modern dengan gaibnya dunia sihir.

Idenya adalah tentang dunia-dunia paralel yang infinitif, di mana di satu ekstrim berkuasa kaum binari, yaitu dunia yang mendewakan ilmu pengetahuan, sedangkan pada ujung ekstrim yang lain ada kaum HEX, yaitu dunia yang orang-orangnya berkuas...more

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Jun 14, 2011 Annisa Anggiana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, terjemahan

Penerbit : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Tebal : 274 Halaman

Alih Bahasa : Tanti Lesmana

Terus terang saya makin suka nih sama karyanya Neil Gaiman. Kali ini Neil Gaiman membuat alam semesta yang terdiri berjuta miliar triliun bumi yang ada di berjuta miliar triliun dimensi yang secara keseluruhan dinamakan Altiverse.

Dalam Altiverse terdapat dua kubu kekuatan yang selalu bersaing dalam memperluas pengaruhnya. Kekuatan yang pertama dinamakan kubu Hex yang berbasis pada ilmu sihir. Hex dipimpin oleh seku...more Penerbit : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Tebal : 274 Halaman

Alih Bahasa : Tanti Lesmana

Terus terang saya makin suka nih sama karyanya Neil Gaiman. Kali ini Neil Gaiman membuat alam semesta yang terdiri berjuta miliar triliun bumi yang ada di berjuta miliar triliun dimensi yang secara keseluruhan dinamakan Altiverse.

Dalam Altiverse terdapat dua kubu kekuatan yang selalu bersaing dalam memperluas pengaruhnya. Kekuatan yang pertama dinamakan kubu Hex yang berbasis pada ilmu sihir. Hex dipimpin oleh sekumpulan orang yang menamakan dirinya Dewan Tiga Belas. Kekuatan yang kedua disebut Binary yang berbasis pada Ilmu Pengetahuan/Science. Binary dijalankan oleh kecerdasan buatan yang menyebut dirinya 01101. Masing-masing beradu kekuatan untuk mengendalikan Altiverse.

Untuk mencegah salah satu kubu mendapatkan kekuatan yang dominan, dibentuklah suatu organisasi yang dinamakan Interworld. Interworld adalah polisi alam semesta yang berusaha menjaga keseimbangan antara sihir dan science. Interworld beranggotakan sekumpulan pejalan antar dimensi, yaitu manusia yang bisa berpindah dari satu bumi ke bumi lainnya.

Joey Harker adalah salah seorang diantaranya, walau dia juga tidak menyadari kalo dirinya adalah pejalan antar dimensi sampai suatu hari dia secara tidak sengaja berjalan ke bumi yang lain dan mendapatkan kalau rumahnya bukan rumahnya dan di dunia yang lain itu dirinya sudah mati karena kecelakaan di air terjun niagara.

Joey nyaris saja ditangkap oleh kaum binary sebelum diselamatkan oleh seorang petugas Interworld yang bernama Jay. Jay ini adalah Joey yang berasal dari bumi yang lain.

Wait! Wait! Kenapa kaum binary berminat menangkap Joey? Sebenarnya kaum binary maupun hex sangat berminat untuk menangkap para pejalan antar dimensi. Kaum Hex merebus para pelintas dimensi (secara harfiah) dan menggunakan saripati para pejalan antar dimensi sebagai sumber energi perjalanan antar dimensi mereka dalam rangka memperluar wilayah kekuasaan. Kaum Binary membekukan para pelintas antar dimensi dan juga mengambil energinya untuk tujuan yang sama.

Joey Harker ternyata adalah seorang pelintas antar dimensi dengan kekuatan yang besar sehingga menjadi rebutan antara kaum Binary dan kaum Hex. Berhasilkan Joey dan Interworld menjaga keseimbangan di altiverse? Baca sendiri dong, hehe.

Buku ini adalah satu lagi kisah fantasi yang mengasyikan dari Neil Gaiman. Terjemahannya juga mumpuni sehingga kejelimetan dunia altiverse bisa dijelaskan dengan baik. If you love sci fi you should definitely read it.

PS : Kayaknya sebenernya bukunya Neil Gaiman kayak The Graveyard Book, Good Omens dan Interworld ini keren deh kalo dibikin film.(less)

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Jan 27, 2009 Fuzzy rated it 2 of 5 stars

It seems a shame that just after reading the just-now-Newbery Medal-winning The Graveyard Book I would pick up the all-together pedestrian* and disappointing Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves. An afterword reveals that the pair wrote the book as an extended pitch for a TV show concept they had created years ago and that when it failed in its purported purpose, it lay in the proverbial desk drawer for years. Perhaps it should have stayed there.

* Alright, for certain values of "pedestri...more

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May 05, 2008 Izlinda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, children-s-books, alternate-realties-worlds

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The story is about a boy - Joey Harker - who can walk between alternate Earths, a skill shared by all the other "Joeys" (in quotations because they have different names and genders and forms). These Joeys form an army in order to keep the balance between science and magic used in the Altiverse. This book focuses on the villains who wish to use magic to dominate the Altiverse.

It is a quick read, and there are some questions that could have been delved more into. It made me wonder about what makes...more

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Nov 02, 2007 Alex Telander rated it 4 of 5 stars

INTERWORLD BY NEIL GAIMAN AND MICHAEL REAVES: Most people are familiar with Neil Gaiman, who has written such great novels as Neverwhere, American Gods, and Coraline for younger readers, but not so many know Michael Reaves. Reaves has written for Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Twilight Zone, and Batman: The Animated Series, as well as the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Darth Maul – Shadow Hunter. Gaiman and Reaves began working on the idea for Interworld in 1995 wishing to make it a t...more INTERWORLD BY NEIL GAIMAN AND MICHAEL REAVES: Most people are familiar with Neil Gaiman, who has written such great novels as Neverwhere, American Gods, and Coraline for younger readers, but not so many know Michael Reaves. Reaves has written for Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Twilight Zone, and Batman: The Animated Series, as well as the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Darth Maul – Shadow Hunter. Gaiman and Reaves began working on the idea for Interworld in 1995 wishing to make it a television adventure, but the idea was not received well, so they decided to write it down in novel form but was still never picked up. Recently, it was represented and has been picked up with a 2010 release, and the book finally published. It is the perfect young adult science-fiction adventure story to fill the vacuum left with the completion of the Harry Potter series.

Joey Harker is an ordinary boy with nothing special going for him. He’s stuck in high school with few friends and a girl who doesn’t even know he exists. While on a routine school field trip, Joey suddenly “Walks” into a parallel world, just like the one he is from but with subtle differences. He Walks through a couple more worlds and soon finds people on his tail. He runs and an ally soon joins him, covered in this strange silvery suit, and looking uncannily like him. Joey eventually discovers that there are thousands and thousands of alternate realities which he is able to Walk through and get to. He discovers that there are two forces vying for control of all the worlds: the HEX, who are based in science and technology, and the Binary who believe in sorcery and magic. Finally there is the Interworld, where a seemingly endless number of Joey Harkers from different worlds, with different but similar names, all looking very different, of various ages, working together to stop the HEX and the Binary.

Written in an incredibly descriptive and flamboyant style, with a pastiche of imagery styles – with the clear intention of transposing Interworld to the big screen – Interworld is a unique novel for all ages, taking you on a journey unlike any other where it requires you to stay on your “mental toes” to keep everything straight and make sure you know what’s going on in this strange universe.(less)

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Jun 22, 2008 Sandi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Teen Boys and Sci-Fi/Fantasy Geeks

Shelves: sci-fi, 2008, fantasy, books-my-son-liked, young-adult

I must be a real geek. I laughed my butt off at the phrase "opposition is unproductive." Only a real Star Trek geek would have been able to translate that to "resistance is futile." I'm in no way sure what "InterWorld" is. It's part science fiction, part fantasy, part allusion to all things in geekdom. Take some of "Ender's Game" and mix it up with "Neverwhere." Toss in some Star Trek, some Twilight Zone, and some Wizard of Oz for fun. I started this book at dinnertime last night and it's almost...more

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Apr 25, 2008 Edward rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Gaiman fans, Teen Geeks, Sci-fi fans

Shelves: teen-town

I don't think I can add more to what has already been said, but will agree that this book will have appeal to boys who like science fiction, but a not total science geeks. Sure, the plot delves into some heady theoretical physics and advanced mathematatical concepts, but they don't really bog down the plot. Seeing as how this was co-written with Michael Reaves, who has extensive sci-fi cred and is a talented screenwriter, I can see how this may become a series of novels, depending on Gaiman and...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Shonna Froebel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm starting to think that there is nothing that Neil Gaiman wrote that I didn't like. He has such a fun sense of imagination and I am always intrigued by the plot and amused by the humour. This book was no exception.
Joey Harker is a high school sophmore who tends to get lost easily and is last picked for teams. During a school assignment, he walks straight out of his world and into another. At first confused, then scared, Joey learns that this is a battleground between forces of magic and scien...more

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Apr 04, 2013 Aria Yudhistira rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, sci-fi

Novel fantasy/sci-fi pertama yang pernah saya baca dan sukses menjadi pengantar bagi saya untuk menikmati novel-novel lain dengan genre yang sama.

Idenya sangat menarik. Bagaimana jika kamu menemukan versi dirimu dengan bentuk-bentuk fisik yang beragam dan berasal dari semesta-semesta paralel lain, berkumpul dan berpetualang bersama? Exciting!

Jalan ceritanya membuat saya terus dan terus ingin membaca dan mengetahui apa yang akan terjadi pada bab-bab selanjutnya. Tokoh utama digambarkan dengan sa...more Novel fantasy/sci-fi pertama yang pernah saya baca dan sukses menjadi pengantar bagi saya untuk menikmati novel-novel lain dengan genre yang sama.

Idenya sangat menarik. Bagaimana jika kamu menemukan versi dirimu dengan bentuk-bentuk fisik yang beragam dan berasal dari semesta-semesta paralel lain, berkumpul dan berpetualang bersama? Exciting!

Jalan ceritanya membuat saya terus dan terus ingin membaca dan mengetahui apa yang akan terjadi pada bab-bab selanjutnya. Tokoh utama digambarkan dengan sangat baik, yang paling saya suka adalah bagaimana ia digambarkan sebagai orang yang selalu bermasalah dalam menemukan jalan. Alih bahasa yang juga cukup baik, memainkan peranan yang sangat penting bagi saya untuk dengan mudah memahami kompleksitas kejadian-kejadian dan teori-teori semesta yang ada didalam novel ini.

Kalaupun ada sedikit kekurangan dari novel ini, adalah saya merasa tidak/kurang mendapatkan perasaan emosional di beberapa adegan yang seharusnya paling emosional. Mungkin terdengar seperti adegan yang kecil atau sepele, tapi salah satu adegan yang menurut saya paling emosional tersebut yaitu saat sang tokoh utama berpamitan dengan ibunya untuk kembali ke semesta paralel. Sang ibu seperti terlalu mudah melepaskan anaknya pergi begitu saja dengan alasan yang saya yakin akan membuat siapapun yang mendengarnya akan menganggap anaknya itu sebagai orang gila (Iyalah. Semesta paralel, makhluk multi-dimensi, peperangan antara sihir dan sains... yeah right. XD). Tapi mungkin sang pengarang memang sengaja lebih memilih menekankan pada jalan cerita dan penggambaran dunia yang penuh dengan hal-hal fantastisnya daripada berusaha mengikat pembaca secara emosional dengan cerita, dikarenakan target pembaca adalah anak-anak hingga remaja....mungkin.

Pun begitu, saya sangat senang telah memilih novel ini sebagai novel fantasy/sci-fi pertama saya. Ini bacaan yang sangat saya rekomendasikan kepada teman-teman.

Novel ini juga memperkenalkan saya dengan sang penulis, Neil Gaiman, beserta karya-karyanya yang luar biasa (American Gods, Coraline, Stardust, dll).

Buku kedua InterWorld yang berjudul The Silver Dream kabarnya rilis bulan april ini di bumi bagian barat sana. Mungkin butuh beberapa waktu sampai versi Indonesia-nya menyusul. Can't wait. :D

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Mar 24, 2013 Von Fritz rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi-and-fantasy

I finished reading this book earlier this month. I’m just not in the mood to post book reviews coz I’m busy reading one book after another. LOLs.

Interworld is a must read for a Gaimaniac. Oh yeah, I had that feeling the first time I saw it in the bookstores. I wanted to flip and free read but something urged me to stop because Neil Gaiman does not deserve free read (though I free read Stradust a long time ago). Or maybe I was meant to buy a copy of the book. And yeah, I eventually got a copy…for...more

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Mar 20, 2013 Fadhilatul rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Bercerita tentang Joey Harker, seorang anak laki-laki berusia 15 tahun yang tidak terlalu pintar dan sering tersesat, bahkan di rumahnya sendiri. Suatu hari Joey benar-benar tersesat. Bukan kasus tersesat biasa. Ia melintasi dunia yang berbeda dimensi. Gara-gara kemampuan Joey yang tidak biasa ini, ia menjadi sasaran empuk bagi 2 dunia dimensi yang berbeda, HEX yang mengandalkan sihir dan Binary yang mengandalkan sains. Dua dunia yang berlawanan itu sama-sama menginginkan Joey sebagai alat tempu...more Bercerita tentang Joey Harker, seorang anak laki-laki berusia 15 tahun yang tidak terlalu pintar dan sering tersesat, bahkan di rumahnya sendiri. Suatu hari Joey benar-benar tersesat. Bukan kasus tersesat biasa. Ia melintasi dunia yang berbeda dimensi. Gara-gara kemampuan Joey yang tidak biasa ini, ia menjadi sasaran empuk bagi 2 dunia dimensi yang berbeda, HEX yang mengandalkan sihir dan Binary yang mengandalkan sains. Dua dunia yang berlawanan itu sama-sama menginginkan Joey sebagai alat tempur mereka. Pada akhirnya Joey tidak bergabung dengan keduanya dan malah memilih Interworld, pasukan yang berasal dari dimensi yang berbeda-beda. Yang cukup mengagetkan pada awalnya adalah, pasukan tsb adalah versi-versi Joey yang bermacam-macam.

Di awal saya novel ini berhasil mendapat perhatian saya. Joey bercerita tentang Mr. Dimas, guru kelas Kajian Sosialnya yang agak nyentrik. Dan asalnya saya berpikir, justru Mr. Dimas yang akan menjadi karakter penting dalam dunia Interworld. Tapi ternyata tidak. Mr. Dimas hanya salah satu cameo saja. Namun meski begitu, Mr. Dimas-lah yang berjasa membawa err, apa itu istilah dalam materi analisa sastranya ya, err.. Ya Mr. Dimas-lah yang berjasa membawa hidden topic kepada pembaca tentang topik yang akan berlangsung dalam novel ini. Saya menyebutnya hidden topic, karena saya lupa istilahnya. Tapi yang jelas maksud hidden topic ini yakni seperti dalam film, dan di awal mula film, kita terus menerus disuguhkan oleh scene sebuah jam tangan terus menerus, berikutnya kita akan menebak begini, 'wah pasti akan ada sesuatu dengan jam tangan ini'. Jadi ya kira-kira seperti itu. :)

Kemudian lama-lama saya semakin bingung (ga mudeng) dengan cerita-cerita selanjutnya. Bukan karena idenya yang jelek, namun karena otak saya yang terlalu malas berpikir dan kemampuan saya untuk berpikir canggih itu kurang membanggakan. Akhirnya ketika membaca hingga akhir saya pun masih agak gamang dan mencoba memahami ide nyentrik Gaiman dan Reaves yang keren ini. Hey kalian berdua (buat Gaiman dan Reaves), saya maklum atas cerita kalian ini, dan saya maklum mengapa orang-orang televisi tidak bisa memahami bagian menarik dari ide cerita yang asalnya ingin dibuat sebagai film petualangan ini.

Tapi begini, tenang saja para pembaca, saya masih mampu kok untuk mendapat inti cerita dari Interworld. Sebagai pembaca yang baik, boleh dong kalau saya menganalisa, meski dengan cara yang sangat amatiran. Intinya, kehidupan di dunia ini akan lebih baik jika dijalankan dengan cara seimbang, tidak ada dominasi dari bidang atau hal tertentu. Seperti misalnya dalam novel ini, ada kubu HEX yang sangat ahli dalam sihir dan ingin menguasai dunia dengan sihirnya, dan kemudian ada Binary yang sangat ahli dengan teknologi dan ingin menguasai dunia dengan teknologinya. Sementara maksud dari adanya kubu Interworld adalah untuk menyadarkan mereka jika sihir dan teknologi digabungkan (seimbang), dunia ini akan berjalan lebih baik dan tidak ada bersitegang lagi. Seperti kutipan berikut;

"Interworld bertujuan untuk mempertahankan keseimbangan..." (h. 132)

Novel ini bukan novel teologi namun lebih kepada Fisika (kedua pengarang menyatakan ini pada h. 86-87). Namun lagi-lagi adalah hak pembaca untuk menganalisanya dari sudut pandang apapun.

Akhir kata, meski saya kurang suka dengan novel ini, saya tetap mengakui ide ceritanya hebat. :) Buku ini cocok untuk dibaca anak-anak mulai usia remaja.

P.S. Ada satu kutipan lagi yang menjadi favorit saya dalam buku ini. Dan untuk maknanya silakan renungkan sendiri ya. :)

"Dan, pokoknya, kita punya potensi. Siapa yang butuh medali? Aku lebih suka punya potensi daripada medali." (h. 272)(less)

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Feb 10, 2013 M rated it 3 of 5 stars

Having typed in favorite author Neil Gaiman's name into our local North Carolina library database, this novel popped up in the search. Being a Gaiman book that I have not yet read, I placed it on hold, picked it up, and polished in off in about 90 minutes. Playing with the notions of multiple universes, Gaiman and co-author Michael Reaves brings readers the story of teenager Joey Harker. Possessing absolutely no sense of direction whatsoever, Harker finds his current "find your way home" social...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Tracey Moody rated it 4 of 5 stars

Joey Harker is your average Greenville high school student. He's not very good with directions though, and when his eccentric teacher Mr. Dimas sets up a field trip in the city, Joey finds himself utterly lost. When he walks through a strange fog his life is turned upside down, and he's introduced to the adrenaline-inducing life of a Walker- someone who can travel between parallel worlds and different dimensions. Problem is, two warring factions are always on the lookout for Walkers like Joey to...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Barbara78e rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Girovagando per la libreria, sono "inciampata" in questo romanzo. Era nella sezione dedicata al fantasy per ragazzi. Attirata dalla copertina e dal titolo, l'ho sfogliato. E poi ho dovuto acquistarlo... E poi ho dovuto immergermi in esso... E come potevo non restarne entusiata. E' riuscito a catturarmi fin dalla prima riga.
Il libro è narrato in prima persona dal protagonista, un ragazzo in grado di viaggiare attraverso mondi paralleli al nostro.
Incontrerà una serie di compagni di viaggio, in un...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Artur Coelho rated it 3 of 5 stars

Escrito a quatro mãos por Gaiman e Michael Reeves, Interworld é um livro que nos oferece mais do mesmo, em que Gaiman recicla os seus temas clássicos numa obra simplista. Este autor pode fazer melhor, e já o fez. O que esperar deste livro? Uma história de ritos de passagem, da infância à adolescência, em que o choque com a complexidade do mundo é contada através de uma metáfora de aventuras em universos paralelos. O jovem protagonista descobre por acaso que tem a misteriosa capacidade de atraves...more

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Oct 10, 2012 Sue Moro rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi

I just finished listening to this book on audio, and I really enjoyed the story of Joey Harker, a boy who could literally get lost in his own house! I can relate, being directionally challenged myself.

One day, while on a field trip from school, Joey once again gets lost. This time, however, he's actually walked from his world right into another dimension! In his panic, he walks into yet another dimension. All of this inter-dimensional travel doesn't go unnoticed and soon two separate groups are...more

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Aug 16, 2012 Nightwishel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Книгата е свежа, личи си участието на поне двама списващи и според мен би излязъл чудесен филмов блокбъстър, стига някой гений с усет за изобразяване на 3D яхния от Салвадор Дали, Йеронимус Бош и анимационна паплач, се заеме с тази интересна задача.
Геймън и Рийвс засега са песимисти изчакват да се появи телевизионен директор, който е в състояние да чете книги. :D :)))

Джоуи Харкър е най-обикновено момче, което е в състояние да се загуби на път за банята.
Само дето се оказва, че той е Бродещ, един...more Книгата е свежа, личи си участието на поне двама списващи и според мен би излязъл чудесен филмов блокбъстър, стига някой гений с усет за изобразяване на 3D яхния от Салвадор Дали, Йеронимус Бош и анимационна паплач, се заеме с тази интересна задача.
Геймън и Рийвс засега са песимисти изчакват да се появи телевизионен директор, който е в състояние да чете книги. :D :)))

Джоуи Харкър е най-обикновено момче, което е в състояние да се загуби на път за банята.
Само дето се оказва, че той е Бродещ, един от многото Харкъровци / различни версии на самия него/ , чиято цел е запазване равновесието между безброй много светове / говорим само за вариации планетата Земя / и баланса между наука / Бинарните / и вълшебство / МАГ/.
А е трудно да бродиш в свят, в който вече съществуваш. На всичкото и отгоре Бинарните искат да те заловят и замразят, респективно – МАГ искат да те сварят и да използват есенцията на душата ти за захранване на корабите си.
Спасяването на морфожа Ню, въпреки предупреждението на по-опитната му версия, променя хода на историята, т.е. на историите. Защото всяко решение с особена важност – хоп – създава огромни вълни във времевия поток и кара алтернативните светове да се разцепват на ъъъъ дивергентни пространствено-времеви континууми. Споко има далеч по-сложни термини! :))

Пояснение:
Морфож – мултиизмерна форма на живот, която може да се движи в колкото си иска измерения. Изключително опасни и непредсказуеми. (less)

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Jul 22, 2012 Christine Edison rated it 3 of 5 stars

This felt like the opening salvo in a middle school/YA series. Joseph Harker is a high school kid who can't find his way out of a paper bag, yet he instinctively knows how to travel between worlds. This is a valuable skill on some worlds, and so Joseph, and the other permutations of him on those other worlds, are hunted for this ability when they begin to Walk between worlds.

The story moved fast, almost to the point of being rushed. The other Walkers (Jai, J/O, Jakon, Jo and Josef) Joseph team...more

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May 27, 2012 Tanya added it

Shelves: my-50-50-challenge, once-upon-a-time-challenge

I'm not really sure where to put this. It's better than a three, not as good as a four, but not a 3.5 either.
It doesn't matter if you "expected more from Gaiman", the point is - this man can write for all ages. InterWorld is for children, yes, but it's good children's (science)fiction/fantasy/I don't really know what this is. All I know is the Physics student in me laughed her head off.
Everybody is talking about Multiverses and the Altiverse and every version of that theory for children is dumb...more

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Feb 04, 2012 Karen Ball rated it 4 of 5 stars

Excellent sci-fi! Joey Harker is one of those kids who couldn't find his own backside with a map and a flashlight normally -- he gets lost in his own neighborhood. One day, though, he gets really lost -- he walks into another parallel world. One in which everything he knows is just slightly different ... and he doesn't exist. Joey discovers that he is a Walker, who can travel between worlds, and there are billions of them. There are two powerful groups who want his powers for their own purposes...more

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Dec 17, 2011 Philippe Lhoste rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: roman-ado, sf

Joey est un garçon d'environ 16 ans, ordinaire, un peu paumé, timide et se perdant facilement. Le héros idéal pour que les jeunes lecteurs s'identifient...
L'intrigue est très classique, les auteurs n'hésitant pas, d'ailleurs, de mentionner que certaines de leurs scènes ont été vues mille fois dans des films...
Comme pour les voyages dans le temps, je ne suis pas friand d'histoires de mondes parallèles, selon la théorie que chaque acte important (fait ou pas) créé une second réalité (un monde où l...more

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Nov 11, 2011 Heidi rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was a quick juvenile science fiction novel about a boy named Joey who can travel through many dimensions. In each dimension, Joey has a counterpart (Jo, Josef, J/O, and hundreds of other names) who can also travel through dimensions. Their job is to stop the bad guys who are intent on taking over the universe.

Usually with Neil Gaiman, I either love the books (The Graveyard Book, Smoke and Mirrors, Coraline) or I get bored halfway through and don't finish them (Anansi Boys, Neverwhere). I fi...more

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May 15, 2011 Carl Ingebretsen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As always, a Neil Gaiman-book is a must-read, even if this one ain't his best. There are lots of set-ups here, but few pay-offs, and I can't help but think that if Neil and Michael were able to make this into a television series, which was the original idea, this would've been something like the first "part" of the story. Because that's what it feels like - a beginning. It does have an ending, yes, but this story could easily be continued, (view spoiler)...more

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May 14, 2011 Belinda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favourites, action, sci-fi, realistic, adventure

Firstly, I WANT A FREAKING MUDLUFF.

Secondly, this book was mightily confusing. All these things about god, I don't know what. These science jargon things that I seriously could not get. I don't think I was supposed to anyway.

Thirdly, it didn't get a five star because, it seemed more fit to be a comic book than an actual novel. Don't get me wrong though, this book rocks as a novel, but I guess I would've loved it more if it was illustrated. I mean, some things you can express with words, but the...more Firstly, I WANT A FREAKING MUDLUFF.

Secondly, this book was mightily confusing. All these things about god, I don't know what. These science jargon things that I seriously could not get. I don't think I was supposed to anyway.

Thirdly, it didn't get a five star because, it seemed more fit to be a comic book than an actual novel. Don't get me wrong though, this book rocks as a novel, but I guess I would've loved it more if it was illustrated. I mean, some things you can express with words, but the In-Between, I think it'd be better off draw out. Although that would probably have been pretty hard.
Also, some of the things that happen just seem too good to be true. I mean it fits with the comic-book-like story, where goodies always win. But *shrugs*, maybe I just didn't want to finish? Haha.

And fourthly, why you should read this book.
I literally finished this book in one sitting. Pretty much.
The flow was really good, nothing seemed bumpy (except for probably the part where Joey gave his quick speech about Jay; that was kinda weird). All the characters were likeable, if not laughable. Even the baddie (Dogknife) seemed funny to me. Trust me, I don't know why. Maybe it was the description and I found it so amusing how they said that his face was one that would startle you awake at night.
But anyways, Interworld has an awesome mix of sci-fi and action and unimaginably good luck.(Except for Jay)
It even has a sentimental part, which luckily was kept at a minimum or it probably would've ruined the book.
I love the gang of heroes they've created. The whole idea of Walkers and Joey Harker's and several different dimensions. And science and magic battling against each other. And MUDLUFFS. MUDLUFFS. Or Hue, IS AWESOME.

There's quite a bit of info-dump at the beginning. You could probably just skim over that. It helps in the whole world-building.

But, anyways, I think that's all I've got to say.

Oh and I really liked the ending. I think it was the perfect ending for this kind of book.(less)

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May 08, 2011 Alex Fayle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Neil Gaiman is one of my never-fail artists. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve ever read, from his Sandman comics in the late 80s to his novels, movies and short stories. No wait. I lie. I couldn’t get through the Neverwhere miniseries (on TV), but everyone’s allowed one fail.

One of the many things he does well is collaborations. His Good Omens with Terry Pratchett is divine (pun intended). With InterWorld he works with Michael Reaves and together they created a book that lives up to expectations. Wh...more

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May 07, 2011 Tia Widiana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Tulisan dan becandaan khas Neil Gaiman yang disisipi fakta-fakta soal dunia alternatif yang njlimet buah pikiran Michael Reeves. Enak dinikmati meskipun dalam beberapa halaman saya kudu bolak-balik baca karena ngga bisa ngerti ama pemenggalan kalimatnya. Baca yang bahasa Indonesia, dan kebayang berapa persen yang dibiarkan lost in translation karena ini memang buku yang lumayan berat untuk ukuran buku YA.

Paling suka teori Dunia Alternatifnya karena saya tertarik dengan hal macam ini. Akhirnya ad...more

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Apr 26, 2011 Sesana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: parallel-dimensions, science-fiction, superhumans, young-adult

The concept is brilliant: Joey Harker finds that he's capable of walking between worlds, alternate realities of every variety, from the fully magical to the fully technological to everything in between. And every alternate version of Joey Harker is capable of doing the same. They've gathered together as a sort of paramilitary force to keep the forces of pure magic (Hex) and pure technology (the Binary) at bay. And there's the best part of the whole book: the concept.

The story itself is a bit pai...more The concept is brilliant: Joey Harker finds that he's capable of walking between worlds, alternate realities of every variety, from the fully magical to the fully technological to everything in between. And every alternate version of Joey Harker is capable of doing the same. They've gathered together as a sort of paramilitary force to keep the forces of pure magic (Hex) and pure technology (the Binary) at bay. And there's the best part of the whole book: the concept.

The story itself is a bit paint-by-numbers, a fairly generic hero's journey. There's nothing wrong with this in and of itself. It's always the window dressing that makes a hero's journey worthwhile. The problem is, this book doesn't quite have that window dressing, at least for me. The target audience seems to be ages 9-12, and I have no doubt that I would have ate it up at ages 9-12, and that many other 9-12 year-olds would as well. But I'm not ages 9-12 anymore. This is only a disappointment to me because it's billed as being co-written by Neil Gaiman, who has always before been able to cross that line into cross-demographic appeal.

I don't know what the exact arrangements were when this book was written, but I have a sneaking suspicion. Neil Gaiman's voice, which I'm very familiar with, is largely absent. Compare to Good Omens, where a reader familiar with his work and the work of Terry Pratchet will find both of their voices represented in spades. In Interworld, it's Michael Reaves all the time, with the exception of one or two lines that sounded like Neil Gaiman, so rare that I remarked on them. I suspect that the concept was cooked up together, and the vast majority of the story written by Reaves. I also have the distinct impression that it may have been originally conceived as an ongoing story (book series, or even a TV show) that only panned out into a single novel. (ETA: Aha! It was indeed planned as a pitch for an ongoing series. Might have worked, actually.) Witness the sort of open ending (adventures yet to come!) and the almost complete neglect of the Binary after their introduction.

In the end, I was disappointed with this book not because it's bad. It's not. It's pretty decent, actually. But I went in expecting and hoping for a Neil Gaiman novel, and that's not exactly what I got. Instead, I got a Micheal Reaves novel. I think that's as good a summation as any I'm likely to come up with.

I listened to the audio book, read by Christopher Evan Welch, who did a pretty good job.(less)

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Apr 01, 2011 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars

Interworld is the story of Joey Harker, a young man with no sense of direction yet can walk through the myriad of worlds that make up the altiverse. Every time a major decision is made a new version of the universe is created, one where the decision was made continues on and another with the path not taken. Best guess is that there are trillions of alternate universes. Each Joey Harker in those universes, whether boy, girl, or cybernetic adaptation has the ability to "walk" the In-Between and t...more

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