The Wild Things The Wild Things The Wild Things is a 2009 full-length novel written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney's. The book is based on the screenplay of "Where the Wild Things Are" which Eggers co-wrote. The film is, in turn, based on Maurice Sendak's children's book "Where the Wild Things Are". According to the Acknowledgements of the novel, Eggers, who was asked by Spike Jonze to write the screenplay, was also asked by Sendak to write the novelization. He said his version is different, as Sendak's Max was based on Sendak, Jonze's was based on Jonze, and while writing the
The Boy Who Saw True (book) The Boy Who Saw True (book) The Boy Who Saw True (originally published Neville Spearman, 1953, with an introduction, afterword and notes by Cyril Scott) is the allegedly true diary of a young Victorian boy with clairvoyant gifts. Born with unusual talents, the anonymous author could apparently see auras and spirits, yet failed to realise that other people were not similarly gifted. "In consequence he was misunderstood, and had to suffer many indignities." Noted English composer Cyril Scott describes the diary in the book's introduction as "a highly diverting and important human document. The document is of interest in that