The 4-D Funhouse

Amazing Stories #1

by Clayton Emery, Earl Wajenberg

A branching novel about travel in the fourth dimension.

219 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1985

About the author

Clayton Emery is an umpteen-generations Yankee, Navy brat, and aging hippie who grew up playing Robin Hood in the forests of New England.

He's been a blacksmith, dishwasher, schoolteacher in Australia, carpenter, zookeeper, farmhand, land surveyor, volunteer firefighter, and award-winning technical writer.

He's a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America.

Clayton lives with his sweetie in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where his ancestors came ashore in 1635.

From: http://www.claytonemery.com/CE_bio.html

Reviews

[Jerimy Stoll · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't sure what to expect about this book based on the cover. I have never watched Amazing Stories on television either, so no insight was granted to me there. I started reading and fell into a strange conglomeration of quirky humor, faced paced action, and elements of science fiction. I was even more surprised when I had to make a choice about what I thought the protagonist should do at the end of chapter one. I haven't completed a choose your own adventure book for a long time, so I was unprepared for being involved in the story. It was fun, and it took me back to my childhood days where I read Dungeons and Dragons choose your own adventure, but my favorite was my Zork choose your own adventure for sure. I recommend this book to kids who are on the fence about reading. This is a fun little adventure, and it might pay to get readers involved in a story to peak their interest about reading.

[Peregrine 12 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mass market, hastily written, hokey - man, this was one of my favorite books to read and reread at the age of 15. This was my favorite choose-your-own-adventure book. Yee ha!

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

one of my childhood favorites.