The Seems, 1

Michael Wexler and John Hulme take you through a slideshow and Q&A session through their young adult series The Seems at The Raconteur on July 24.

Written by childhood friends, John Hulme and Michael Wexler (from Highland Park, NJ, The Seems is the Matrix by way of Willy Wonka for middle school boys and girls. The World that you live in is not, in fact, the world that you think it is. Weather, Time, Sleep, and even the Color of autumn leaves are controlled by those in the Know, who regulate The World from The Seems. The sunset is painted daily, rain is regulated by a water tank, and a Good Night's Sleep is packaged, processed, and distributed nightly, with a special dream, included like a Crackerjack prize, just for you.It is into this new place, The Seems, that Becker Drane, a seventh grader from HIGHLAND PARK, NJ, arrives after applying for The Best Job in the World and becoming the youngest Fixer ever. Fixers are, just that, Fixers. They step in and take on the dangerous task of Fixing things when they go wrong and Becker's first job is to Fix a Glitch in Sleep. Putatively a sci-fi series for kids, The Seems also speaks to greater philosophical issues: concrete existence, angst, freedom, facticity, existence preceding essence, the other, the look, and the absurd. A film version of The Seems, directed by Night at the Museum's Shawn Levy is due out sometime next year.

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[bellsofizzy]

im from highland park and just so u know were not allowed 2 the games in mutuchan

[nintendawesome]

you broke the most sacred rule!!! NEVER REVEIL THE SEEMS TO A NONSEEMSIAN!!!!