Planet of the Dragons

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cyoa-choose-your-own-adventure-maps

"There is yet another possibility in these nonlinear books: hidden endings. Inside UFO 54-40 has a hidden ending that’s only available to a reader who ignores the decisions and flips to it without prompting. But it’s there. “It’s a two-page, big illustration of this city,” says Montfort, the MIT professor. “The land of Ultima. As you flip through the book, even if you’re being very obedient, you can’t help but wonder what this text is.”

In Escape from the Haunted Warehouse, there’s a clearer path to the hidden ending—a page that hints “The End … or is it?” Solving a simple puzzle in the text prompts the reader to turn to one more show more page—to a much happier outcome."

This is my first time to read a CYOA. I'm glad I that I looked for more information (keyword = deconstruct).

I'm finding it sufficiently difficult to read non-linearly... but fascinating. I'll probably let go of the box set that this came in, and only read the ones that have subjects that interest me, if any.

Can't rate. Reading it was kinda/sorta a fun challenge, but of course there's no literary value. Nor have I anything to compare it to. show less