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| InterWorld | 
 enlarge | Authors: Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves
Publisher: Eos
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 298562
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0061238988
EAN: 9780061238987
ASIN: 0061238988
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Condition: New & Unread Book with Remainder Marked- May Have Slight Handling Wear From Bookstore Shelf- Instock For Immediate Shipping
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Product Description
An astounding tale of adventure, danger, magic, science, friendship, spaceships, and, oh yeah, the battle to save all the people in all the worlds in all possible dimensions. Joey Harker isn't a hero. In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. Joey's walk between worlds makes him prey to armies of magic and science, both determined to harness Joey's power to travel between the dimensions. The only thing standing in their way is Joey—or, more precisely, an army of Joeys, all from different dimensions and all determined to save the worlds. Now Joey must make a choice: return to the life he knows or join the battle to the end.
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 Interesting concept, nothing special November 16, 2008
Although the basic idea was interesting (multiple versions of one character across the multi-verse banding together into an organization to fight evil), the book itself was only so-so - definitely not up to Mr. Gaiman's usual standards.
For the love of mudlufs... October 12, 2008
This review is for the audiobook version of the story.
Yes, the story was a little campy and played mightily amongst the cliches of both science fiction and fantasy, but generally I thought this was delightful. Never a book that I would have had the patience to sit down and read, but having the audiobook version read to me was very enjoyable (despite the annoying bleeps of the home coordinates) and the reader was quite talented. I wouldn't mind listening to more stories read by Christopher Evan Welch!
In this science fictionany tale we meet Joey Harker, a teen with no sense of direction, either in life or in finding his way, until a field trip gone wrong causes him to "walk" through to a new dimension. Unfortunately his new found ability also alerts the conflicting factions of Hex and Binary to his existence and they waste no time coming to get him. To his rescue is...himself. In fact, there are a lot more of himself scattered through the dimensions than he could have ever imagined and in this book we get to see Joey in a thousand different ways go on a quest to save the universe.
I thought the combining of the cliches to be quite clever. Personally I find the idea of having to interact with multiple versions of myself probably the most horrifying thing about the whole concept. I really loved Hue and thought he was a very unique and adorable creature.
I certainly wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book to boys (or girls I suppose, I'm female myself albeit one with strange tastes) probably fifth grade and up who enjoy science fiction, adventure, a bit of violence and a lot of action.
Debt of gratitude September 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't the authors owe an large debt of gratitude to Diane Wynne Jones for this particular multiverse concept? Readers might prefer her Chrestomanci books.The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 1: Charmed Life / The Lives of Christopher Chant
delightful sci-fi for children September 7, 2008
The story is like the beginning of something great. I wanted more. Apparently, it was meant to become an animation or film project but it never took off. That's a shame. I could read more stories about the Joes... It'd be great to see it to.
 Not just for kids... September 2, 2008
I wasn't aware that this was a "young adult" book until I received it. No problem, since, as always, Neil Gaiman delights with clever story-telling and memorable characters. It is, perhaps, a somewhat quicker read due to being geared toward a younger, somewhat more distractable audience, but certainly not a disappointment by any means, and I would love to see futher adventures of the young Joey in his parallel worlds.
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