InterWorld
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When Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award winner Michael Reaves teamed up, they created the bestselling YA novel InterWorld. InterWorld tells the story of Joey Harker, a very average kid who discovers that his world is only one of a trillion alternate earths. Some of these earths are ruled by magic. Some are ruled by science. All are at war. Joey teams up with alternate versions of himself from an array of these worlds. Together, the army of Joeys must battle evil magicians Lord Dogknife and Lady Indigo to keep the balance of power between all the earths stable. Teens—and tweens and adults—who obsessively read the His Dark Materials and Harry Potter series will be riveted by InterWorld and its sequel, The Silver Dream.
From Booklist
A lad discovers that he can walk between alternate Earthsand is swept up in a war between them in this fast-paced, compulsively readable tale. Joey gets lost in his own house, but when he steps into a patch of fog and finds himself in a world where he died, a trillion Earths lie open to himarranged in a vast arc, with an empire of science-based planes at one end and a realm where magic rules at the other. Recruited into an army of anything-but-identical Joeys gathered from many of these worlds and charged with maintaining the balance of power, Joey picks up companions both human and non as he travels the multidimensional In Between that links the sprawling "Altiverse." In this first of what could and should be many episodes, Joey finishes his basic training by doing battle with melodramatically evil magic workers Lord Dogknife and Lady Indigo. Vivid, well-imagined settings and characters compensate for weak links in the internal logic of this rousing sf/fantasy hybrid. Peters, John
Review
“A mind-stretching ride for which all tweens and teens (and many adults) will be grateful.” (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review))
From the Back Cover
In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension.
Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces—armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions. When he sees the evil those forces are capable of, Joey makes the only possible choice: to join an army of his own, an army of versions of himself from different dimensions who all share his amazing power and who are all determined to fight to save the worlds.
Master storyteller Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award-winning science-fiction writer Michael Reaves team up to create a dazzling tale of magic, science, honor, and the destiny of one very special boy—and all the others like him.
About the Author
Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains; the Sandman series of graphic novels; and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors, Fragile Things, and Trigger Warning. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
From AudioFile
Joey goes for a walk, and a whole new world opens up when he steps into another dimension. He must learn about his dual destinies while getting to know a new world whose inhabitants believe in science or magic. And he has to fight evil when some of those inhabitants want to harness his special powers. As Joey moves between worlds, Christopher Evan Welch voices a cadre of diverse characters: an evil guard, a benevolent teacher, a robotic pal, a gentle infant, and a crusty mentor. Joeys journey is one of fri
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Okay, schlüsseln wir das mal vorsichtig auf. Die Hauptfigur ist 15. Da die Hauptfigur immer etwa zwei Jahre älter sein sollte, als die Zielgruppe, richtet sich dieses Buch also an Dreizehnjährige. Da eine Star Trek-Referenz zu bringen, vor über zehn Jahren, ist schon etwas an der Zielgruppe vorbei, aber das find ich noch cool. (Trekkie halt.) Aber Möbiusbänder, Kleinsche Flaschen, Unschärferelation und Co als bekannt vorauszusetzen, dürfte man eigentlich nicht mal in einem Erwachsenenbuch wagen. Entsprechend ist das Worldbuilding nicht nur zu kompliziert für Teens, sondern auch für erwachsene Lesende. Hinzu kommt die Frage: In ALLEN Welten, gibt es jeweils nur eine Person, die wandeln kann, und die ist immer der Joey Harker dieser Welt? Das Auserwählten-Trope ist generell langsam etwas ausgelutscht, aber das hier ist jetzt schon echt heftig. Vor allem... Man sperrt 500 Leute, die alle die gleiche Person sind, in eine Militärbasis? Das heißt, sie dürfen sich nie verlieben, nie ein Leben abseits der Aufträge führen? (Falls die mal sexuell aktiv werden, wird das Inzucht ohne Ende.
Description
When Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award winner Michael Reaves teamed up, they created the bestselling YA novel InterWorld. InterWorld tells the story of Joey Harker, a very average kid who discovers that his world is only one of a trillion alternate earths. Some of these earths are ruled by magic. Some are ruled by science. All are at war. Joey teams up with alternate versions of himself from an array of these worlds. Together, the army of Joeys must battle evil magicians Lord Dogknife and Lady Indigo to keep the balance of power between all the earths stable. Teens—and tweens and adults—who obsessively read the His Dark Materials and Harry Potter series will be riveted by InterWorld and its sequel, The Silver Dream.
From Booklist
A lad discovers that he can walk between alternate Earthsand is swept up in a war between them in this fast-paced, compulsively readable tale. Joey gets lost in his own house, but when he steps into a patch of fog and finds himself in a world where he died, a trillion Earths lie open to himarranged in a vast arc, with an empire of science-based planes at one end and a realm where magic rules at the other. Recruited into an army of anything-but-identical Joeys gathered from many of these worlds and charged with maintaining the balance of power, Joey picks up companions both human and non as he travels the multidimensional In Between that links the sprawling "Altiverse." In this first of what could and should be many episodes, Joey finishes his basic training by doing battle with melodramatically evil magic workers Lord Dogknife and Lady Indigo. Vivid, well-imagined settings and characters compensate for weak links in the internal logic of this rousing sf/fantasy hybrid. Peters, John
Review
“A mind-stretching ride for which all tweens and teens (and many adults) will be grateful.” (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review))
From the Back Cover
In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension.
Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces—armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions. When he sees the evil those forces are capable of, Joey makes the only possible choice: to join an army of his own, an army of versions of himself from different dimensions who all share his amazing power and who are all determined to fight to save the worlds.
Master storyteller Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award-winning science-fiction writer Michael Reaves team up to create a dazzling tale of magic, science, honor, and the destiny of one very special boy—and all the others like him.
About the Author
Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains; the Sandman series of graphic novels; and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors, Fragile Things, and Trigger Warning. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, and the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States. He is Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
From AudioFile
Joey goes for a walk, and a whole new world opens up when he steps into another dimension. He must learn about his dual destinies while getting to know a new world whose inhabitants believe in science or magic. And he has to fight evil when some of those inhabitants want to harness his special powers. As Joey moves between worlds, Christopher Evan Welch voices a cadre of diverse characters: an evil guard, a benevolent teacher, a robotic pal, a gentle infant, and a crusty mentor. Joeys journey is one of fri
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Okay, schlüsseln wir das mal vorsichtig auf. Die Hauptfigur ist 15. Da die Hauptfigur immer etwa zwei Jahre älter sein sollte, als die Zielgruppe, richtet sich dieses Buch also an Dreizehnjährige. Da eine Star Trek-Referenz zu bringen, vor über zehn Jahren, ist schon etwas an der Zielgruppe vorbei, aber das find ich noch cool. (Trekkie halt.) Aber Möbiusbänder, Kleinsche Flaschen, Unschärferelation und Co als bekannt vorauszusetzen, dürfte man eigentlich nicht mal in einem Erwachsenenbuch wagen. Entsprechend ist das Worldbuilding nicht nur zu kompliziert für Teens, sondern auch für erwachsene Lesende. Hinzu kommt die Frage: In ALLEN Welten, gibt es jeweils nur eine Person, die wandeln kann, und die ist immer der Joey Harker dieser Welt? Das Auserwählten-Trope ist generell langsam etwas ausgelutscht, aber das hier ist jetzt schon echt heftig. Vor allem... Man sperrt 500 Leute, die alle die gleiche Person sind, in eine Militärbasis? Das heißt, sie dürfen sich nie verlieben, nie ein Leben abseits der Aufträge führen? (Falls die mal sexuell aktiv werden, wird das Inzucht ohne Ende.