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Contained In: Choose Your Own Adventure Box Set 6 (41-45) (Collection)
Translated Into: En busca de los gorilas de las montañas (Spanish)
Safari fotogràfic (Catalan)
Safari fotográfico (Spanish)
Adapted Into: The Gorillas of Uganda (Graded Reader) (Gamebook)
User Summary: You're a photographer working in the field on an article about rare gorillas for African Naturalist magazine.
Demian's Thoughts:

This book is the author's first and is apparently based partially on his real-life experiences. For some reason I failed to find the book terribly engaging, though it's well-written and has some good moments. Perhaps the problem is simply that this book isn't nearly as outlandish as the last few and feels too restrained in comparison. It might also be that the reader has very little control in the story; often your choices involve who to follow rather than where to lead people, and quite a few major events happen without allowing you any input.

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Good's Thoughts:

I found this impossible to really get into.
There's few action parts, which get cut too short.
Rating: 2/10

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Errata:The reissue states "26 possible endings" on the cover, but it has 29 endings just like the original.
Special Thanks:Thanks to Ken G. for the Australian cover scans.
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Original edition


Series: Choose Your Own Adventure (1979-1998) no. 41
Item: Search for the Mountain Gorillas
Author: Wallace, Jim
Illustrator: Wing, Ron
Date: February, 1985
ISBN: 0553260626 / 9780553260625
Length: 118 pages
Number of Endings: 29

Original edition, Perma-Bound copy



Series: Choose Your Own Adventure (1979-1998) no. 41
Item: Search for the Mountain Gorillas
Author: Wallace, Jim
Illustrator: Wing, Ron
Length: 118 pages
Number of Endings: 29
Special Thanks: Thanks to Daniel de Cristo for sharing the images.

Australian edition



Series: Choose Your Own Adventure (1979-1998) no. 41
Item: Search for the Mountain Gorillas
Author: Wallace, Jim
Illustrator: Wing, Ron
ISBN: 055324745X / 9780553247459
Length: 134 pages (with contest winners)
Number of Endings: 29

ChooseCo reissue edition


Series: Choose Your Own Adventure (2005-) no. 25
Item: Search for the Mountain Gorillas
Author: Wallace, Jim
Illustrators: Donploypetch, Jintanan (cover)
Nugent, Suzanne (interior)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 1933390255 / 9781933390253
Length: 125 pages plus glossary
Number of Endings: 29

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