InterWorld
- 264
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Editor’s note Joey Harker can get lost in his own house, and it turns out that is a talent: he is a Walker, able to step between the parallel Earths, and on every one of them there is a version of him, all of them recruited by InterWorld, an organisation of Joeys fighting a war between the magic-based empire of HEX and the science-based Binary for control of the worlds. Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves came up with it in 1995 as a television idea nobody bought, wrote the novel together and published it in 2007 when a publisher finally asked; two sequels followed, The Silver Dream in 2013 and Eternity’s Wheel in 2015, written mostly by Reaves and his daughter. It is a fast, slight young-adult adventure, and the least Gaiman-like book with his name on it.
About the book
InterWorld is a fantasy and science fiction novel by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves. The book was published in 2007 by EOS, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It follows the story of Joey Harker who, together with a group of other Joeys from different Earths in other parallel universes, try to stop the two forces of magic and science from taking over all of the Earths in different universes.
Reading order · InterWorld
Full order & progress →- InterWorldThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - The Silver DreamThe Silver Dream–Not ranked yet
- Eternity's WheelEternity's Wheel–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 102 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 102 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“I'd give it a 3.5 if I could. Unique and incredible sci-fi concept. Characters are not developed super well, lots of situations where dumb luck and/or incomprehensible powers save the day (I believe this is called deus ex machina and it's even mentioned early in…”
“I feel like this is a good example of an amazing concept with poor execution. 16 year old Joey Harker is a bit of a dimwit. At least, when it comes to navigation. He can never really tell where he's at let alone remember the…”
Frequently asked
What age is InterWorld for?
InterWorld sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 264 pages — shorter than 96% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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