Coraline

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Coraline is a 2002 Neil Gaiman novel about a girl who found an alternate world through a magical door, but what she found therein wanted to take over her reality. Whoops, did I just release a spoiler?

I first heard about this work through TV, because a film adaptation was made and released early this year and was quite successful. It was made using stop-motion technique and rendered in 3-D. Critics in general approved of the adaptation, although some said it can get quite scary for kids. The DVD was released recently, with a 3-D version and 4 pairs of glasses with it. I am contemplating whether I should purchase the DVD; I am a sucker for things 3-D.

I was not able to find the novel, actually. Instead I got hold of a graphic novel version of Coraline as adapted and illustrated by Craig Russell, who had done similar adaptations of other novels previously. The illustrations were superb. I enjoyed the comic book, and surely I would have enjoyed the novel too. Which got me thinking, I wonder if kids these days look out for the movie or graphic novel version of a book assignment before first?