This is my all-time favorite Choose Your Own Adventure book (possibly because it was the first one I ever encountered, but also because the concept of time travel has always fascinated me). There's nothing out of the ordinary in terms of gameplay, but the adventure is nonetheless memorable and entertaining. (Circled page numbers indicate an ending, and the endings are graded from A to F in terms of how favorable they are.)
Also, there's an irritating tendency that I don't think crops up in any other CYOA book - different choices lead to adjacent pages, thereby spoiling the surprise of where choosing differently would have gotten you. The choices are somewhat arbitrary and nonsensical, the endings are very abrupt and none are truly satisfying, and there are a few different choices that lead to the same result, which is annoying. The writing and mechanics here are both clunky and amateurish, but occasionally fun nonetheless. Nevertheless, the book's a solid work and reminds you that it's just the beginning, with more instant-classics to come in the next 20 years. The shortcoming of #1, as with many other earlier entries, is that the book contains too many choices and endings, which weakens the story as a whole. You go to anywhere from the Ice Age to AD3700 with a philosophical time old-man somewhere in between being particularly impressive. Paul Granger's artwork is instantly recognizable and iconic.Įdward Packard kicks off this long-lasting series with an interesting theme. Reading it now, I am amazed at how gruesome some of the endings were for children's books. I recognize its historical importance as it basically created the gamebook genre, but I don't think it's a very good entry in the series. It is well written yet very uneven and scattered.
I was a big fan of the CYOA series as a kid, but was never lucky enough to have read the first book in the series. You wander into a cave which transports you randomly through time, leading to all manner of adventures. Thanks to Kevin Pachkowski for the cover images. Thanks to Ryan Lynch for the cover scans. US 12th printing, US 10th printing, US 14th printing, US 18th printing, US 29th printing, US 32nd printing:
(Revised cover edition, with banner, Revised cover edition, without banner, US 29th printing, US 32nd printing) (Intermediate printing, US 10th printing) (Third printing, Early printing, Sixth printing) (Revised cover edition, with banner - cover Revised cover edition, without banner - cover)ĭecember, 1979 (Fourth printing, Scholastic edition) Combined By Edition Combined Summary Series:Ĭhoose Your Own Adventure Box Set (1-6) (Collection)Ĭhoose Your Own Adventure Box Set 1 (1-5) (Collection)
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