InterWorld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Then they shopped it again.
The suits still couldn't get a grasp on the concept of a multiverse, and multiple versions of the same boy being able to traverse all of these worlds.
I guess the idea that Science versus Magic was too steep for them to grasp. Or that all these 'Joeys' would run around trying to keep the worlds in balance between the two warring ideologies.
The TV Execs screwed up.
After being turned down again even with this presentation, Gaiman and Reaves, geniuses that they are, said well WTF... let's just publish the damned book then.
And publish they did. Since InterWorld was written to the level of TV Execs, it went straight into the Young Adults section of their various lists of books. That amuses me no end, I'll tell ya.
Do not let the fact that this is a YA book keep you from snatching it right up. Like Gaiman's other 'Young Adult' books, this one is no slouch for adults. It is brilliant, entertaining, and will make you think a bit.
Gaiman and Reaves work very well together. Reaves may not be as well known in the book world as Gaiman is, but he is very well known as a writer for TV and movies. He won an Emmy Award for Best Writing and Story editing for his work on Batman: The Animated Series; 1992-93.
They should both win some sort of award for InterWorld as well. I'm sure those TV execs are banging their heads on their desks as I type this... and I hope Gaiman & Reaves reamed Dreamworld hard for the Big Bucks when they bought the rights to the story a decade later...
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One of only four Gaiman books ever published that I have not yet read. Thanks for the excellent review.
I'm always surprised when a book is based on a T.V. series. Most who watch the boob-tube hate to read. Maybe they just buy the book for decor or a doorstop.
I met Gaiman in Chicago. I was working the comic con there and he was signing. Since I had limited time away from the booth, He let me cut line and not only autographed my copy of Sandman, he drew Dream in it. What a guy! Met Aerosmith that same trip...but that is another story.
Whoops, Gaiman....can't even spell his bloody name right!
LOVE Neil Gaman, great article.
HILARIOUS comment about the straight to teen fiction! I wonder where you would file something mauled by the jerks who killed Firefiy?
Well written!
This is one book I bet is better than the movie will be.
This sounds like something I would rather see on TV or a movie than read. Willing to bet my son and his son have already read it, though.