Interworld (Interworld, #1)

by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves

At nearly fifteen years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.

• ISBN10: 0062125303
• ISBN13: 9780062125309
• Publish Date: 23 April 2013 (first published 26 June 2007)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Infinite parallel universe premise where the travellers are "walkers" and are versions of the same person;jo/e/y harker. They vary from one another in their characteristics, one can fly/glide, the one from a high gravity universe is very dense and strong etc.
Really well written (because, Neil Gaiman) and plotted and eminently readable (hello, Neil Gaiman). It's as other reviewers have said, not his best work, but a fun read anyhow. NG on an off day is still darned good.
I'm not a huge fan of YA lit, but i really enjoyed this one.

[adastra]

I quick and captivating read, as it's actually a young adult book. The story is very Gaimanesque, the writing style not so much - it's obvious that Gaiman's partner in crime did most of the writing. I found the writing style a bit naive, it reads like someone's first book ever. Having read the bit about the authors in the back cover, it's obvious why; Michael Reaves is actually a television writer who wrote Emmy winning Star Trek episodes. Interworld was originally supposed to be a TV show, and it does seem a bit like a pilot - the big plot is solved in the end, but there are some lose ends left.

I like the concept of the book, it made me think that Buffy the Vampire Slayer would be a HEX show and Doctor Who would be a binary show, sort of...