Gurgaz ha scritto:
Più che un librogame sembra un racconto a bivi, dove la lettrice può scorrere attraverso le pagine tutte le scelte importanti della vita. Non che "Realtà & Fantasia" sia molto diverso, ma si contraddistingue per la leggerezza e il tono avventuroso di fondo. Qui invece sembra una cosa seria, in cui forse non è così importante scegliere il giusto compagno per la pausa caffé...

Is the book inspired by the children's series?
I think I read every single Choose Your Own Ending book when I was
little. I was one of those shy kids who preferred reading to playing or
watching TV. I never seemed to have enough books, so I always re-
read them, and to have one where the ending was different every time
was marvelous. No adults telling you what to do! You got to decide
where to go.

Pretty Little Mistakes was definitely inspired by the series…but I
wanted to use adult themes and adventures. After all, as grown ups our
lives are “Choose Your On Ending” more than ever. When you’re
little, adults choose things for you, but as a “big person” you have the
tedious and often terrifying task of making decisions for yourself –
and lots of times you think maybe you made the wrong choice, but
you can’t go back and do it over. In Pretty Little Mistakes – you can.

Do you see this becoming a new sort of genre?
It is for me. In 2008 I have another “Choose Your Own Ending” book
scheduled to come out with HarperCollins called, “Million Little
Mistakes.” You win the lottery and have to decide what to do with your
money…and then I have an idea for two more multiple ending books
after that and then…well lets just say it’s going to take me awhile to get
this out of my system.

EGO ha scritto:
Qui c'è il sito del libro: http://www.prettylittlemistakes.com/

Questo invece è uno stralcio delle FAQs rivolte all'autrice, che mi sembra rilevante:

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Is the book inspired by the children's series?
I think I read every single Choose Your Own Ending book when I was
little. I was one of those shy kids who preferred reading to playing or
watching TV. I never seemed to have enough books, so I always re-
read them, and to have one where the ending was different every time
was marvelous. No adults telling you what to do! You got to decide
where to go.

Pretty Little Mistakes was definitely inspired by the series…but I
wanted to use adult themes and adventures. After all, as grown ups our
lives are “Choose Your On Ending” more than ever. When you’re
little, adults choose things for you, but as a “big person” you have the
tedious and often terrifying task of making decisions for yourself –
and lots of times you think maybe you made the wrong choice, but
you can’t go back and do it over. In Pretty Little Mistakes – you can.

Do you see this becoming a new sort of genre?
It is for me. In 2008 I have another “Choose Your Own Ending” book
scheduled to come out with HarperCollins called, “Million Little
Mistakes.” You win the lottery and have to decide what to do with your
money…and then I have an idea for two more multiple ending books
after that and then…well lets just say it’s going to take me awhile to get
this out of my system.

Il libro si ispira alla serie per ragazzi?
Penso di aver letto tutti i libri di Scegli la Tua Avventura quand'ero piccola. Ero una di quelle bambine timide che preferivano leggere o guardare la TV. Mi sembrava di non avere mai abbastanza libri, quindi li rileggevo sempre, e averne uno dove il finale era sempre diverso era fantastico. Niente adulti che ti dicono cosa fare! Sei tu che devi decidere dove andare.

"E' un gioco da ragazze" si ispira sicuramente alla serie... ma volevo usare temi e avventure da adulti. Dopotutto, da adulti le nostre vite più che mai sono uno "Scegli la Tua Avventura". Quando sei piccola gli adulti scelgono per te, ma da "grande" hai il noioso, e a volte terrificante, compito di prendere decisioni per te stessa, e un sacco di volte pensi che magari hai fatto la scelta sbagliata, ma non puoi tornare indietro e riprovare da zero. In "E' un gioco da ragazze" puoi.

Pensi che diventerà un nuovo genere?
Per me lo è. Nel 2008 ho in programma un altro "Scegli la Tua Avventura" per le edizioni HarperCollins, intitolato "Million Little Mistakes". Vinci la lotteria e devi decidere cosa fare coi soldi... e poi dopo ho idee per altri due libri a finale multiplo, e poi... be', diciamo che mi ci vorrà un po' per farmela passare.