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Correction: The first interactive novel was Sugarcane Island, published in '76. Two others ones, rather obscure and unknown, were published in '77, and '78: "De
by teilo 16y ago
Correction: The first interactive novel was Sugarcane Island, published in '76. Two others ones, rather obscure and unknown, were published in '77, and '78: "Deadwood City" and "Third Planet from Altair". The idea didn't really kick off, however, until the Choose Your Own Adventure series began in 1979.
It seems clear that the development of Adventure-style games and the interactive novel were independent of one another.
- 8ren 16y agoThe article's version of events yields a more intuitive narrative flow. > ...the Editors of the Guide were sued by the families of those who had died as a result of taking the entry on the planet Traal literally (it said "Ravenous Bugblatter beasts often make a very good meal for visiting tourists" instead of "Ravenous Bugblatter beasts often make a very good meal of visiting tourists") they claimed that the first version of the sentence was the more aesthetically pleasing, summoned a qualified poet to testify under oath that beauty was truth, truth beauty and hoped thereby to prove that the guilty party was Life itself for failing to be either beautiful or true. The judges concurred, and in a moving speech held that Life itself was in contempt of court, and duly confiscated it from all those there present before going off to enjoy a pleasant evening's ultragolf. http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book2.html http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book2.html
- stcredzero 16y agoIn other words, the Wired author just made up stuff that sounded good.