A quarter-billion copies sold worldwide as kids raced to discover lost civilizations, navigate black holes, and go in search of … the Yeti. This summer, eight of the original titles return to bookstores, revamped with 21st-century references (cell phones!). Will they become popular again? — Michael Reilly
- If you think nostalgia will help the books find an adult audience, click here.
- If you think a new generation of readers will pick up the books, click here. —Choose Your Own Adventure Returns (Wired)
Similar:
‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading ma...
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpgh
“The Cowherd Who Became a Poet,” by James Baldwin. (Read by Dennis Jerz)
A certain potions instructor is done with everything after submitting midterm grades. (Har...
I Don’t Know Why Everyone’s in Denial About College Students Who Can’t Do the Reading
How the printing press changed “you”: when reading changed, so did writing
I actually burst out laughing when I read this in the paper edition of Wired. They ran the whole article as a series of “choices” at the bottom of pages. Somehow I doubt they’ll regain their former popularity. When I compare some of the “young adult” books that were avaialble when I was a kid to the wide range of material available to my children, I don’t forsee modern kids being excited by these books, cell phones or no cell phones.