Escape

The Choose Your Own Adventure series offered an option every few pages to choose how the story would continue. According to your preference, you would follow its instructions by turning to the appropriate page of the book as indicated by your choice. This was a popular and revolutionary idea when the series was first launched in the early 1980s, driving it to incredible sales levels for many years until it was overshadowed by variants on the idea that took the concept to more elaborate lengths (e.g. Fighting Fantasy) and especially by other interactive media.

The plot: it's the first dystopian entry in the series, where you're a spy imprisoned on the wrong side of the authoritarian tracks. With three companions you're trying to find your show more way to safety.

Observations: one of your three companions is pretty consistently bad news, and you stop cutting that one any slack after a few reads. A direct sequel to this appears later in the series, Beyond Escape (#61), suggesting this was a popular entry. It's definitely better than its sequel.

Personal memories: a clear mission and interesting setting that I liked coming back to. show less

I absolutely loved the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure series as a child. I felt as if I was in control of fate and it was so interesting to go back and pick another route and see where it would have taken me.

An abundance of choices and lots of action.