Interactive fiction author Adam Cadre reviews Twisty Little Passages, the book on interactive fiction by Nick Montfort (MIT Press; ob Amazon link). See also the Brass Lantern review, and the Slashdot review> is good too.
Tangentially related: Via Nick's blog, Greg Lord's analysis of a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novel (originally an assignment for this class project from this professor). Mouse over the map for details of each node, and be sure to see the glossary and the essay.