Comments | elinica: This post is significantly dorky.

elinica

This post is significantly dorky.

Mar 29, 2007 18:13

When I was a kid, about 11 or so, I used to be a big fan of Choose Your Own Adventure books. Basically, they were books where you played the role of the hero or heroine, and picked your path. For example, there was one where you received a Supercomputer in the mail, and you could pick whether you wanted to call the company or keep it for yourself ( Read more... )

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yachinami March 29 2007, 22:23:29 UTC

I remember I only had one from that series, although I did have a number of the Nintendo Choose Your Own Adventure books.

elinica March 31 2007, 03:49:49 UTC

Ah, I've heard a lot of praise/nostalgia for the Nintendo versions. I was a big Nintendo fan back then, I probably would have jumped at the chance to own one.

gloryskies March 30 2007, 00:14:23 UTC

You know, my most distinct memory of those books is one that featured 'you' as a space hero, and in it there was some horrible, extremely virulent disease where all your limbs fell off, then you exploded. For years I was convinced I was going to get infected with it.

Thanks for reminding me!

(j/k~ XP You didn't need to remind. I STILL think about it sometimes.)

elinica March 31 2007, 03:53:03 UTC

Wow. That's...graphic. I remember the books could be dark (after all, you did die a lot) but not to THAT degree.

I wonder if that's the one where you went to colonize Venus...? I swear I remember a book where you went to colonize Venus, and there were like jungles and stuff there. But I think somewhere along the line I got that mixed up with a Cowboy Bebop episode.