Okay, so I said I was going to talk about this last week, but I got all nostalgic thinking about The Talisman. No surprise, my travels meandered. But I’m back on the road now.

Jack’s road trip took him from New England to northern California, a cross country trek that would be treacherous enough for a 12-year-old boy, even if he weren’t flipping into parallel worlds along the way. In this other world, there was greater danger, but the distances were shorter, so he could travel much quicker along the parallel road, if he was willing to take the risk.

That’s where the concept of risk and return comes in. He could take the slower, steadier path and be less likely to die at the hands of his arch enemy, or take the fast road through fantasy land and face the higher dangers of an unpredictable world.

Suddenly I feel like reading The Talisman again. You have to admit, it would be more fun than reading this.

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