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From: jwj001@acad.drake.edu
Subject: Books, Books, Books
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Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 02:43:07 GMT

Of the InfoNovels, I found Wishbringer to be the most engaging.  It was very
easy to read (as in VERY EASY), and had enough familiarity to make me want to
read the book, but also enough differences to make me stay interested.  I agree
that novelizations of the stories, practically verbatim, would be very boring. 
But the idea of casting new characters in a familiar world is neat, if not
original.  I also like the Meretzky Zork books, the choose your own adventure
stories.  I read them in early junior high (when everybody was into them) and
found them very nice.  I liked the idea of the stories, and the nice little
touches that Meretzky threw in to make it look like an Infocom game. (Like
asking you to go to page X if you had the purple slippers, and page Y if you
didn't.  If you went to X, it would accuse you of cheating because there were
no purple slippers - just like the hint books!)  All in all, I see the books as
being more for collecters of trivia rather than having any practical value.  I
mean, you can read them, but they're not as good as other books, and not as
good as the games.  But nice enough.
-- 

John Jordan
jwj001@acad.drake.edu

"Be Free With Your Tempo, Be Free..." - Queen
