[pedalpete]

I think this is really interesting, though in many ways it sounds more like a game than a book. A book (to me) has a single story line based around a structure which the author intended you to follow. Even a 'choose your own adventure' had a basic story the user followed. I admit, technology now allows us to now have as many stories intertwine as we like, it still doesn't make it a reimagination of the book.

It does make the reimagination of a story. What I find most facinating about this idea is how it relates to an amazing skill I've noticed in two of my friends. Whoever they meet, within a few minutes, they are able to ascertain what makes that person tick, what they're interests are, and what makes them special.

If you're picking up a story and intertwining with different characters at different points, you'll need to be able to do that in order to make the story interesting.

[aen]

A reader will always follow a path and every path is a single story. Like how you are not aware of other parallel universes. So I still think it's more of the hardware that's being reimagined. You just flip the book differently.

About your two friends, it sounds like intuition. How do you think it relates?