What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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ABANDONED. Sci-Fi Picturebook, full color, CYOA (choose your own adventure). You're an astronaut/space explorer who (crash?) lands on alien planet. Read in 1990s, probably from 1980s.
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I am also looking for this book. I read it during the same period in my primary school library in the UK. I remember the same selection of starting kit, I'll have a look!
I had a look through the book suggested above here: https://openlibrary.org/ it isn't the book I remember.
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Someone else was looking for this and subsequently found it.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book is Planetfall by Douglas Hill.
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Trying to track down a book I read a lot as a kid.
It was a large picturebook, maybe 8x10 inches. Probably hardcover. Full-page color illustrations.
Choose your own adventure style. You were an astronaut/space explorer who landed (or crash-landed?) on an alien planet.
There were mild RPG elements to it. For example, you selected a couple pieces of equipment at the beginning of your adventure, and there was a part where you turned to the back and studied a xenobiology index for exactly 2 minutes and then weren't allowed to reference it again.
You navigated the dangerous alien planet and tried to avoid toxic atmosphere, poisonous plants, and dangerous creatures.
I would have read it (from my school's library) sometime between '91 and '96. I'm guessing it was published in the 80s, but it technically could have been the early 90s or maybe even the 70s? Just feels like an 80s thing.
Would love to track this down, even just some screenshots. It had a big impact on my imagination and creative inspiration over the years, I'm sure.
Thanks!