Series - Amazing Stories

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Language:	English
Publisher:	TSR -- United States
Categories:	Complexity Level : Basic (No Game System) Format : Paperback Genre : Fantasy Genre : Horror Genre : Science Fiction Target Age Group : Adults Target Age Group : Teenagers Writing Style : First Person Writing Style : Past Tense Writing Style : Third Person

Around the time that these gamebooks came out, TSR had acquired the rights to the classic science fiction magazine of the same name, and a television series based on the magazine was on television. The gamebooks were designed to cash in on both of these things. The books are as thick as some of TSR's more complex releases like the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks, but they feature no game systems and have extremely long stretches of text (often dozens of pages) between choices. The stories told in the series are along the lines of those published in the magazine: pulpish adventure, horror and sci-fi tales. One title, the fourth in the series, is actually an interactive revision of a previously-published linear novel. For the most part, storytelling takes precedence over gameplay in all of the books, though some offer more meaningful decisions than others.

Gamebooks

1. The 4-D Funhouse
2. Jaguar!
3. Portrait in Blood
4. Nightmare Universe
5. Starskimmer
6. Day of the Mayfly

Related Documents

Play Aid

QuestWorld Map
This PDF map, assembled by amateur creator Travis Henry with input from Rose Estes, creates a world map and setting for the Endless Quest books and other TSR-published gamebooks. A png version and PDF containing related communication and historical context are also available. The files are shared with permission.

Related Links

Clayton Emery's Page
This is the home of one of the co-authors of the first Amazing Stories book.
http://www.claytonemery.com/ (last verified: 2004-06-09)

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