The Slave Traders of Ganox
Author: Denis Bond
Illustrators: Joe Laming and Marnie Bragg
First Published: 1987
ISBN: 0 86215 388 3
Length: 45 pages
Number of Endings: 3
Plot Summary: Your father and your uncle have developed a matter
transmission technology, but the evil slave-trading Ganoxians show up to make
life complicated....
My Thoughts: This is approximately equivalent to a Skylark Choose Your Own Adventure in reading level and
length, but it's quite different in style. For one thing, being British,
it's a bit more violent and potentially frightening than the American series
would likely have allowed. For another, it's designed differently; where the
Choose Your Own Adventure books tend to branch out
to a large number of endings, this adventure loops back on itself and recycles
sections so that, no matter what you do, the story turns out more or less the
same (though outcomes can be good or bad). The book is pretty well-done
considering the limitations of its length, but it's nothing particularly
special, and it suffers from a rather ugly internal layout and a handful of
spelling and grammar errors. It's not a bad read if you're looking to waste
half an hour or pleasantly scare a young child, but it's not really worth the
effort it would likely take to track down a copy, as this is quite a rare and
elusive item.