adding some directionality to the forward and backward links
a parameter mishap
The first in the Choose Your Own Adventure series of second-person, children’s metafiction.
David Sky’s archeopterix-like map of the book (with grades assigned to the various endings).
All possible routes through The Cave of Time.
Each arc is a decision in the story, with the weight/brightness of the arc reflecting the number of unique paths that include that jump. Boxes on the horizontal axis represent the pages of the book in order, with bad endings colored bright red, good endings colored pale yellow, and mediocrity in between. Arcs above the midline move left to right; below it, right to left.
Detail of the final pages of the book
By way of comparison…
Bookmarks
So glad Tom & Nancy taught me this '3 level' lesson at an impressionable age
the gasoline alley strip is especially gorgeous
tom bissell taking stock of literary stunt-pilotry
the chiptune singularity cometh…
making the USGS look shoddy in comparison
Tom Coryat was a man who knew how to title a book
Jasmin Blanchette making some good points (via QT of all things)
the endpapers of black hole but with faces you recognize
would love to hear their version of the assault on precinct 13 theme...
maybe they'll take down the world's worst piece of signage now
the sound of ray davies applying for a job at the radiophonic workshop
a gift shop that doubles as a history of graphic design
many personal favorites on this list
there's something almost charming about the early days of computer viruses
they knew how to make music television back in the day
Found
Ocular micro-tremors and retinal blur explain it all