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Afterward, Bastian confesses to Coreander about stealing his book and losing it, but Coreander denies ever owning such a book. After more adventures, Bastian must give up the memory of his father to discover that his strongest wish is to be capable of love and to give love to others. A survey conducted by German filmmaker Ulli Pfau found that The Neverending Story appeals particularly to readers aged 18— It remains most successful in Germany and Japan, while the film tends to be more well known among English-speaking audiences.

While escaping from some bullies, Bastian bursts into the antiquarian book store of Carl Conrad Coreander , where he finds his interest held by a book called The Neverending Story. Unable to resist, he steals the book and hides in his school's attic, where he begins to read. Realizing that the story will repeat itself forever without his intervention, Bastian names the Empress "Moon Child", and appears with her in Fantastica, where he restores its existence through his own imagination.

After drinking the Water of Life, Bastian returns to his original form, and feels comfortable and happy with it.

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He reveals he has also been to Fantastica, that the book has likely moved into the hands of someone else and that Bastian—like he did—will eventually show people the many ways to Fantastica. Only after Atreyu gives Bastian's name and promises to complete all the stories for him does the Water of Life allow Bastian to return to the human world, along with some of the mystical waters.

A great delegation has come to the Empress to seek her help against a formless entity called "The Nothing". Coreander in the story. The story Bastian reads is set in the magical land of Fantastica, a place of wonder ruled by the benevolent and mysterious Childlike Empress. Atreyu lands in the ruins of Spook City, the home of various creatures of darkness. The delegates are shocked when the Empress's physician, a centaur named Cairon, informs them that the Empress is ill, and has chosen a boy warrior named Atreyu to find a cure.

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Bastian then enters "The City Of Old Emperors", inhabited by human beings who came to Fantastica earlier but could not find their way out, eking out a meaningless existence there. By Uyulala, he is told the only thing that can save the Empress is a new name given to her by a human, who can only be found beyond Fantastica's borders.

After an attack by the Slamoofs he is rescued by Atreyu. After much searching, and on the verge of losing his final memory, Bastian is unable to find the Water of Life with which to leave Fantastica with his memories. When Bastian refuses to speak the new name, to prompt him into fulfilling his role as savior, the Empress herself locates the Old Man of Wandering Mountain, who possesses a book also entitled The Neverending Story , which the Empress demands he read aloud.

At the advice of the giant turtle Morla the Aged One, Atreyu sets off in search of an invisible oracle known as Uyulala, who may know the Empress's cure. Wandering the dangerous city, Atreyu finds the werewolf Gmork , chained and near death, who tells him that all the residents of the city have leapt voluntarily into The Nothing.

In reaching her, he is aided by a luckdragon named Falkor , whom he rescues from the shapeshifting creature Ygramul the Many. He returns to his father, where he tells the full tale of his adventures, and thus his father is restored from his grief. Through reading the story, Bastian becomes increasingly disturbed by hints that the characters are somehow aware that he is reading their adventures, being able to hear or even see him at points.

After being abetted by the wicked sorceress Xayide, and with the mysterious absence of the Childlike Empress, Bastian decides to take over Fantastica as emperor. Ultimately, a repentant Bastian is reduced to two memories: that of his father, and of his own name. The first English translation, by Ralph Manheim , was published in It was later adapted into a film series.

During his coronation ceremony he is stopped by Atreyu, whom Bastian grievously wounds in a battle so fierce it results in the destruction of the Ivory Tower. There, thanks to the irresistible pull of the destructive phenomenon, the Fantasticans are becoming lies in the human world. When approached, Gmork's body instinctively seizes Atreyu's leg in his jaws, preventing him from escaping the Nothing.

As he begins, Bastian is amazed to find the book he is reading is repeating itself, beginning once again whenever the Empress reaches the Old Man — only this time, the story begins with Bastian's meeting with Coreander, his theft of the book, and all his actions in the attic. The illustrations by Roswitha Quadflieg that begin each chapter are drawn in both colors to illustrate how the two worlds intertwine.

This anthology of Michael Ende's unpublished works includes insight on the creation of The Neverending Story and has been translated into Japanese but not English. Gmork then reveals that when the princess of the city discovered his treachery against the Empress, she imprisoned him and left him to starve to death. In spite of the warnings of Atreyu and Bastian's other friends, Bastian uses AURYN to create creatures and dangers for himself to conquer, which causes some negative side effects for the rest of Fantastica, such as the rampage of the dragon "Smerg" and the birth of the Shlamoofs winged insane clown creatures.

For each wish, Bastian loses a memory of his life as a human. When Atreyu announces that he is the hero Gmork has sought, the wolf laughs and succumbs to death.

The wolf also reveals that he is a servant of the force behind The Nothing and was sent to prevent the Empress's chosen hero from saving her. The book centres on a boy, Bastian Balthazar Bux , an overweight and imaginative child who is neglected by his father after the death of Bastian's mother. Falkor and Atreyu go to the Childlike Empress, who assures them they have brought her rescuer to her; Bastian suspects that the Empress means him, but cannot bring himself to believe it.

Unaware of this at first, Bastian goes through Fantastica, having adventures and telling stories, while losing his memories. It was number one on West Germany's highly respected Der Spiegel bestseller list for weeks, and remained on the list for weeks.