Other examples of Interactive Fiction books

‘First conceptualized in 1959, interactive fiction has been a popular genre for many years.  Also known as "gamebooks", interactive books are traditionally written in the second person point of view.  Most plots 

involve the reader as protagonist in the story who makes choices to decide how the plot will unfold.’

There is many different types of interactive fiction books,  one of the most famous interactive fiction book series is ‘Choose your own adventure books’

The creator of the ‘Choose your own adventure  series originally named it, The Adventures of You on Sugar Cane Island. He set out in 1970 in order to find a publisher, but was rejected by nine different publishing companies, causing him to shelve the idea. In 1975, he was able to convince Ray Montgomery, co-owner of Vermont Crossroads Press, to publish the book and it sold 8000 copies, a large amount for a small local publishing house. The series was later marketed to Pocket Books, where it also sold well, but Montgomery believed that it would sell better if a bigger publisher could be found for the books. After some discussion, Montgomery was able to make a contract for the series with Bantam Books. Packard and Montgomery were both selected to write books for the series, including the contracting out of titles to additional authors

spanning over 30 years and has been translated into 38 different languages, these books were a massive hit.

 

1979 (1-3)

  1. The Cave of Time by Edward Packard

  2. Journey Under the Sea by R. A. Montgomery

3. By Balloon to the Sahara (reissued as Danger in the Desert) by Douglas Terman

These were the original ones, they have been writing them since 1979 but other authors have also made them but it different styles and for different types of people,

Choose Your Own Adventure for Younger Readers

Choose Your Own Adventure: Walt Disney Series

Choose Your Own Super Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure: Passport

Choose Your Own Nightmare

Choose Your Own Adventure, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure

Choose Your Own First Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure - Space Hawks

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Golden Path

They have been made into a number of different types of stories and still will for a long time, people enjoy reading stories where you are creator, it makes them a lot more personal, you can relate to the story more.

I read these stories growing up and I will read them to my kids.

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