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After the monumental success of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps children's horror novels, this interactive spin-off was created. Stine was no stranger to gamebooks, and many of these adventures are similar in feel to the earlier Twistaplot series, being relatively straightforward branching-plot novels occasionally enlivened by a puzzle or gimmicky choice. Although all of the books are credited to R. L. Stine, it seems likely that many were ghostwritten by other authors, since style and quality varies wildly from book to book. All of the plots are rather silly, but some adventures have surprisingly sophisticated game design while others are comparatively amateurish and directionless. The first twenty-two adventures were released with colorful prismatic patterns on the front, but the remainder of the series had more traditional (and presumably less expensive) covers. The series spawned one spin-off: Give Yourself Goosebumps Special Edition, which contained some books featuring more complex gameplay mechanisms.
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Give Yourself Goosebumps Books #1-#4Give Yourself Goosebumps Books #5-#8 (1997)
Gamebooks
1. Escape from the Carnival of Horrors (1995)2. Tick Tock, You're Dead (1995)
3. Trapped in Bat Wing Hall (1995)
4. The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek (1996)
5. Night in Werewolf Woods (1996)
6. Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter (1996)
7. Under the Magician's Spell (1996)
8. The Curse of the Creeping Coffin (1996)
9. The Knight in Screaming Armor (1996)
10. Diary of a Mad Mummy (1996)
11. Deep in the Jungle of Doom (1996)
12. Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum (1996)
13. Scream of the Evil Genie (1997)
14. The Creepy Creations of Professor Shock (1997)
15. Please Don't Feed the Vampire (1997)
16. Secret Agent Grandma (1997)
17. Little Comic Shop of Horrors (1997)
18. Attack of the Beastly Baby-Sitter (1997)
19. Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life (1997)
20. Toy Terror: Batteries Included (1997)
21. The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island (1997)
22. Return to the Carnival of Horrors (1997)
23. Zapped in Space (1997)
24. Lost in Stinkeye Swamp (1997)
25. Shop Till You Drop...Dead! (1998)
26. Alone in Snakebite Canyon (1998)
27. Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel (1998)
28. Night of a Thousand Claws (1998)
29. Invaders from the Big Screen (1998)
30. You're Plant Food (1998)
31. The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge (1998)
32. It's Only a Nightmare! (1998)
33. It Came from the Internet (1999)
34. Elevator to Nowhere (1999)
35. Hocus-Pocus Horror (1999)
36. Ship of Ghouls (1999)
37. Escape from Horror House (1999)
38. Into the Twister of Terror (1999)
39. Scary Birthday to You! (1999)
40. Zombie School (1999)
41. Danger Time (2000)
42. All-Day Nightmare (2000)
Related Documents
Play Aid
Give Yourself Goosebumps # 8 Coffin Puzzle
Give Yourself Goosebumps # 9 Maze
Give Yourself Goosebumps #12 Maze
Give Yourself Goosebumps #18 Maze
Give Yourself Goosebumps #21 Maze
Give Yourself Goosebumps #22 Word Maze
Give Yourself Goosebumps #23 Maze
Give Yourself Goosebumps #23 Word Search
Give Yourself Goosebumps #24 Maze
Give Yourself Goosebumps #24 Word Scramble
Give Yourself Goosebumps #24 Word Search
Give Yourself Goosebumps #25 Maze
Give Yourself Goosebumps #25 Word Search
Related Links
How to Write Your Own Give Yourself Goosebumps Books
This article, written by R. L. Stine, discusses the construction of the Give Yourself Goosebumps books.
http://www.scholastic.ca/goosebumps/books/stine/writeown.htm
(last verified: 2013-01-18)
Mark Nagata Illustration
This site belongs to illustrator Mark Nagata.
http://www.marknagata.com/
(last verified: 2004-08-03)
User Comments
An overall weak series but has some great entries. Many of the books are plagued with one huge problem: Many of the ideas are great but are not developed enough!!!! In addition, the writing is usually poor and there's a lack of consistency. Some entires can be forgiven of their flaws but others like The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek are just awful.
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