# --- # group : Katz # id : 39-40 # gbid : 4740 # series : Maps-The Uncollected John Sladek # title : Maps-The Uncollected John Sladek # version: combined # author : John Sladek # credit: # - name : Jeremy Douglass # role : encoder # date : 2017-09-28 # - name : Jeremy Douglass # role : editor # date : 2018-04-28 # render: # - name : small # styles : gvStyles-small.txt # engine : dot # comment: > # From gamebooks.org: "This science fiction short story # collection contains two short interactive tales, both written in the late # 1960s. The first, The Lost Nose, is a previously unpublished humor piece # written for the author’s then-girlfriend. The second, Alien Territory, is # reprinted from issue 195 of the New Worlds science fiction magazine." # # --- #From To Label Comment # The Lost Nose: A Programmed Book (pp3-18) # "There are 21 endings. A diagram of the routes is at the end of the book." 1 2 3 4 2 5 6 7 3 8 9 4 10 11 5 12 13 6 5 3 14 7 15 16 17 8 18 19 9 20 15 10 21 22 11 23 24 12 25 26 13 20 14 27 28 15 29 30 16 END 17 20 31 18 32 33 34 19 END 20 35 23 21 END 22 20 15 18 23 END 24 14 15 36 25 37 38 26 END 27 39 40 28 41 42 43 29 END 30 END 31 44 45 46 32 END 33 END 34 END 35 END 36 END 37 END 38 END 39 END 40 END 41 42 43 42 END 43 END 44 END 45 END 46 END # Alien Territory (pp21-23) # p21 is a "how to read" explanation -- the work is two pages # with an unusual spatial arrow system connecting a grid of small paragraphs with no lexia names -- resembles a J.Sayers comic A1 START # Right arrows A1 B1 B1 C1 C1 D1 A2 B2 B2 C2 C2 D2 A3 B3 B3 C3 C3 D3 A4 B4 B4 C4 C4 D4 A5 B5 B5 C5 C5 D5 A6 B6 B6 C6 C6 D6 A7 B7 B7 C7 C7 D7 A8 B8 B8 C8 C8 D8 A9 B9 B9 C9 C9 D9 # Right wrap-around D1 A2 R* D2 A3 R* D3 A4 R* D4 A5 R* D5 A6 R* D6 A7 R* D7 A8 R* D8 A9 R* # Down arrows A1 A2 A2 A3 A3 A4 A4 A5 A5 A6 A6 A7 A7 A8 A8 A9 B1 B2 B2 B3 B3 B4 B4 B5 B5 B6 B6 B7 B7 B8 B8 B9 C1 C2 C2 C3 C3 C4 C4 C5 C5 C6 C6 C7 C7 C8 C8 C9 D1 D2 D2 D3 D3 D4 D4 D5 D5 D6 D6 D7 D7 D8 D8 D9 # Down wrap-around A9 B1 R* B9 C1 R* C9 D1 R* D9 END