When I was a child in the 80s and early 90s, computers were rare. Computer games were a scent from another world you could see and enjoy briefly, if a kid whose parents had an 8-bit computer, would invite you home and let you play when their parents were not watching. I used books to fill my curious brain with data. I liked them very much and I wanted to be a writer when I grew up.
It was 1991-2 when some clever folks started translating non-linear books with choices. There are two doors in front of you. The left one is small, with an iron frame, and the right one is large and barely hanging. Which one would you open? If you choose the iron door, go to 185, and the broken door is at 195. Reading these felt challenging and great. The best from that time was the series Blood Sword.
I couldn’t buy it at that time because they were expensive. A friend let me read his. And decades later, I saw someone sell the first 3 books on Facebook, in pretty bad shape. The seller was apologetic. “You know they’re kind of cut, and have handwriting inside and so on. Are you sure?”. Not a problem, it’s actually better that way. Which modern-day book gets to that shape from being read a hundred times? Can we find a Hobbit read more than 2-3 times? Or a Game of Thrones?
These are the first 3 books from the series, and book 4 is on its way to me. I’ll figure out the missing book 5 sooner or later.
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