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Bezig met laden... InterWorld (origineel 2007; editie 2007)door Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves (Collaborator)
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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... Don't listen to the "Old Man" Joey Harker - you and your team are just the kind of heroes I can get behind: **Reluctant Hero filled with fear and confusion- but resolute eventually **A new team Walking right into well-laid traps **Problematic interpersonal communication (especially considering that everyone is a variation of Joey Harker). **...and Hue! Gotta love that Mudluff. What are you Hue? I think I know but I'm not sure. NOTE: The BIG Trap could have been expanded upon (say, someone at Altiverse was actually a HEX operative...that's what I initially thought - which could have created glorious inner-conflict because a variation of a Joey would have been a Betrayer of all the other Joeys.) but I guess it would have been to obvious The Interworld is the interdimensional/multidimensional/parallel universes through the eyes of a teenager thrust into the boots of "Hero" and blundering all the way to the end. I am a fan of Joey Harker because if I think about it, at age 15, I'd have probably made the same mistakes on a mission or worse regardless of all the Altiverse training. It's a psychedelic and enjoyable theory of multiworlds which could easily become a cult favorite for the new generation in the same way Back To The Future was such a hit for my mom and dad's generation (and I love BTTF). Also, after reading the note at the end - those TV Executives who couldn't grasp this concept were a bunch of **#$% because honestly>/i>, this would be an easy sell at any of the Streaming services today. One of the best scenes is at the beginning with all the variations hating Joey for something that happened to another variation of Joey. And he says, simply: "I can't hate myself forever". geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Fantasy.
Science Fiction.
Young Adult Fiction.
Young Adult Literature.
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It doesn't read like his collaboration with Terry Pratchett: "Good Omens". There is no mark of his hand at all. The writing is clunky and the similes are just so bad that they are like leftover school pizza (almost exactly like that). The protagonist is an idiot, and unfortunately it is only by his idiocy that the plot moves at all. Any good possible uses of the many-worlds setting are wasted in favor of paper villains and a war that fails to feel like it matters in any way.
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