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Oct 28, 2026
Aaron DoughtyHOST
That would fit the bill.
Aaron DoughtyHOST
We thought about books, you know, books like Choose Your Own Adventure books, that sort of
KolaGUEST
thing.
KolaGUEST
I used those Choose Your Own Adventure books any chance I got early elementary school.
KolaGUEST
Just the idea that you could go somewhere else and you got to choose was just so, like, novel for me.
KolaGUEST
to Little Me.
AaronHOST
That would fit the bill.
AaronHOST
We thought about books, you know, books like Choose Your Own Adventure books, that sort of
KolaGUEST
thing.
KolaGUEST
I used those Choose Your Own Adventure books any chance I got early elementary school.
KolaGUEST
Just the idea that you could go somewhere else and you got to choose was just so, like, novel for me.
KolaGUEST
to Little Me.
Neil PasrichaHOST
Not only did Jesse Finkelstein say it way back in the early chapters, but Norm McInerney of the great podcast, Terrible Thanks for Asking, picked it in chapter 91.
Neil PasrichaHOST
Edward Packard, co-founder of Choose Your Own Adventure, picked this in chapter 92.
Neil PasrichaHOST
And Susie Batiz, the founder of Poopery, picked it in chapter 123.
Neil PasrichaHOST
This indeed was published in 1946.
Nola SimonHOST
And people either hate spoilers or love spoilers.
Nola SimonHOST
And I'm personally a person who I grew up on Choose Your Own Adventure books.
Nola SimonHOST
But the way that I read Choose Your Own Adventure books is I would do it once and then go back and read all of the other options.
Nola SimonHOST
So I really looked into how the story was laid out.
Nola SimonHOST
what would change if you made certain decisions and how that made the story feel different? So for me, it's more of how is the story itself constructed and how does that change your experience of it? And so for me, The choices, the structures, all of that is part of how I analyze and enjoy storytelling.
Todd SeeleyHOST
but they're not as prevalent as they used to be.
Todd SeeleyHOST
But the Choose Your Own Adventure series, you get to a certain page, and it says to continue or, you know, to make these choices, go to these particular pages and continue the story from there.
Todd SeeleyHOST
Well, that's how the Halloween series is.
Todd SeeleyHOST
You watch the first one, you can be done.
DavidGUEST
I mean, to some degree, books can.
DavidGUEST
I had Choose Your Own Adventure books when I was a kid, and I loved, I don't know if y'all read it, but there's a monster at the end of this book with Grover.
DavidGUEST
You know, I loved that.
DavidGUEST
My son loved that when he was little.
Scott BurksHOST
So it's our Halloween show.
Scott BurksHOST
Chad Lee, do you remember choose your own adventure books?
ChadHOST
Yes.
Scott BurksHOST
Brian, you're American.
Scott BurksHOST
Do you remember? I'm throwing you back on Brian.
Scott BurksHOST
Do you remember choose your own adventure books? Yes.
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Eric MolinskyHOST
Jonathan Stark wrote in to tell us that he also has a fear of body horror, but he found a way to get past it.
Eric MolinskyHOST
And if Jonathan's name sounds familiar, it's because he was in our episode about the Lone Wolf series of Choose Your Own Adventure books.
Eric MolinskyHOST
I asked Jonathan what was the first body horror scene that freaked him out.
Eric MolinskyHOST
He said it was in the movie Alien, which he saw way too young.
Eric MolinskyHOST
Explain a little bit.
Jonathan StarkGUEST
Oh, yeah.
Jonathan StarkGUEST
So essentially, I write choose your own adventure books aimed more at kind of adults.
Jonathan StarkGUEST
And it's a trilogy of books they sold out when they came out, but they're re-releasing them now in a second edition.
Araya AndersonHOST
I never heard about it.
Brit WilliamsHOST
And Choose Your Own Adventure.
Anthony SterlingHOST
Well, the Choose Your Own Adventures-
Araya AndersonHOST
Choose Your Own Adventure, that's different.
Araya AndersonHOST
That's different.
Anthony SterlingHOST
I loved those.
Sarah M. StephenHOST
You're not part of the investigative team, which I think is m- part of the, the, the real appeal of these, of these stories.
Brook PetersonHOST
Yeah, I agree, and this actually layers in really nicely with our discussion about interactive mysteries this season because even if the book isn't specifically written to be interactive in the way, like, say, a Choose Your Own Adventure book is, as a mystery reader, we want to take part in this intellectual puzzle.
Brook PetersonHOST
And yeah, you're, it, you're right.
Brook PetersonHOST
If you don't have all the information that the detective does, then it's just no fun, and I hate those shows where you see their face and they're shocked, but then they never turn the camera around to show you what the, they're so interested in.
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