''Consider the Consequences!'' (published 1930) is a romantic novel in the form of an interactive novel or
gamebook
A gamebook is a work of printed fiction that allows the reader to participate in the story by making choices. The narrative branches along various paths, typically through the use of numbered paragraphs or pages. Each narrative typically does no ...
by the American writing partnership of (1885-1967) and
Mary Alden Hopkins (1876-1960
).
It is the earliest known gamebook, and has 43 different endings.
The 146-page hardback was published by
The Century Company
The Century Company was an American publishing company, founded in 1881.
History
It was originally a subsidiary of Charles Scribner's Sons, named Scribners and Company, but was bought by Roswell Smith and renamed by him after the Century Associa ...
in the United States, priced $1.50.
The book's central characters are Helen Rogers and her two male suitors, Jed Harringdale and Saunders Mead.
The reader's first decision is which of the three characters' viewpoints to adopt.
The book was favorably reviewed, among others, in ''
The Tampa Times
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'', the ''
Santa Ana Register
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'' (who called it "a freak book"), the ''
Detroit Free Press
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'', ''
The San Francisco Examiner
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Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corpora ...
'', and ''
The Salt Lake Tribune''.
On July 6, 2018 the book was read on air on
KZSC radio in Santa Cruz, USA, by James Ryan, who has researched the book and its authors, and his wife Nina, with choices made by the station's listeners.
Notes
References
Further reading
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External links
* {{YouTube, SWCu6PnK5ls, James and Nina Ryan's reading
1930 books
American romance novels
Collaborative novels
Gamebooks
The Century Company books