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Choose Your Own Adventure Books Return

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the totally-hawesome dept.

KermodeBear writes "Eight of the original 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books are to be republished this summer. From the Article: 'First published in 1979, the books let readers remix their own stories - and face the consequences. [...] the original titles return to bookstores, revamped with 21st-century references (cell phones!).'" For me, it's all about 1987's Space Vampire , by series originator Edward Packard. "Do you eject the vampire through the airlock?"

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  1. Loved Choose Your Own Adventures... by localman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ah yes, these books were my favorite form of entertainment between the 4th grade or so and the 7th (when I got my C64). There were a few imitations, too, that could be occasionally just as good as the original brand, like twist-a-plot and endless quest. I was a bit surprised they all went out of print, as though there wasn't going to be any kids left to read them or something. Though perhaps that was the case during the early computer era. I wonder why they think there's a market now?

    For an immature-yet-adult take on choose your own adventures online, I've always dug BRAD: The Game. Just about the weirdest choose your own adventure one could imagine.

    Cheers.