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| Series: | Choose Your Own Adventure #12
| Contained In: | Choose Your Own Adventure Box Set 3
| Translated Into: | Cautivo del OVNI 54-40 (Spanish)
Dentro del OVNI 54-40 (Spanish)
Dentro l'UFO 54-40 (Italian)
Ovni 54-40 (Portuguese)
OVNI 54-40 (Catalan)
Terror fra rummet (Danish)
Ufo'nun tutsakları (Turkish)
UFO54-40 chikyuu kougekisu [UFO54‐40地球攻撃す] (Japanese)
Uma viagem no Ovni 54-40 (Portuguese)
| Author: | Edward Packard
| Illustrator: | Paul Granger (pseudonym for Don Hedin)
| Release Date: | February, 1982
| ISBNs:
Click to shop... | 0553201972
0553231758
| | Length: | 118 pages |
| Number of Endings: | 30 |
| Summary: | You are kidnapped by the U-TY masters, alien creatures who wish to place you in a zoo. |
barryattles's Thoughts:
Click here for more reviews by barryattles | Ratings: 2
Edward Packard is legendary, but by 1982 he'd yet to reach his peak abilities. Space fantasies generally pan out well in the series, yet UFO 54-40's earthling-abducted-by-alien storyline is just all-too-familiar. It's like thrusting 100 UFO stereotype storybooks into one piece, albeit with 30 endings. The lack of creativity, as well as a clear and challenging objective, makes entry no. 12 average at best. |
canadiandude007's Thoughts:
Click here for more reviews by canadiandude007 | I really enjoyed this book as a kid but did struggle to find Ultima until I realised there was no possible way to get there by choice but by a cheat (turning to the correct page). It was disappointing in that respect, but the choices and the prompting of imagination were very good! |
Demian's Thoughts:
Click here for more reviews by Demian | This is a fairly interesting science fiction adventure, though it's certainly not the best of the series. The book also contains the rather annoying gimmick of making the reader search for the planet Ultima, a place which is in the book but completely unreachable by regular play. It's on page 101, in case you care.... |
gergsnickle's Thoughts:
Click here for more reviews by gergsnickle | Though I was excited when this book was first released, it was not a favorite of mine at the time. However, upon re-reading the book, and particularly on exploring choices that I never remember making back then, I am surprised by what a strong Choose Your Own Adventure book this is. Looking back, it seems that 1982 was the year that the series really came into its own, and - for me at least - the entries from that year (numbers 12-16) are among the strongest in the series. |
stevesterling's Thoughts:
Click here for more reviews by stevesterling | This addition to the CYOA line was always interesting to read, and I still open it from time to time. Though the idea of Ultima was not one I could see myself actually caring about, even if I was on an alien space ship, the rest of the story was pretty unique and kept my interest. |
Stockton's Thoughts:
Click here for more reviews by Stockton | This book didn't really connect with me for whatever reason - I didn't like it. It just seemed... odd, not in a good or funny way like other CYOAs, but in a way that just left a bad vibe, so to speak, after reading it. That's more a personal taste thing than a judgement of the book's objective quality, though.
Maybe it was the illustrations by Paul Granger (Don Hedin), which seemed excessively dated and cartoonish - almost reminiscent of 1960s cartoon style and quite unlike those in later CYOAs. The writing style was also a little different, probably because this was an early book, but not in a way that I liked, either. |
| Special Thanks: | Thanks to ntar for the promotional copy back cover and ad scans. |
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Demian: This third edition is pretty age-yellowed and battered but remains readable.
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