[wleoaygd] Choose your own adventure

Can the computer improve upon the novel as a fiction medium?  (Not Kindle)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_novel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel What is special about Japanese culture this form of media is popular only there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-machine What if we made use of modern developments in natural language processing?  We imagine both the computer and human asking and answering questions like "why?"