Rhizome Examples?

In the pieces we read for Tuesday, both groups alluded to a Rhizome not having any set direction. This is due to letting the author maintain the path they want a piece to follow. During this reading, all I could think about as an example in modern day when this happens is a comic book.

In some comic books, they offer a "Choose Your Destiny" option. When a reader gets to the bottom of a page, they are given an option to turn to one of maybe two or three other pages in the book. From there, the story will continue based on what the reader wanted to happen at that point in time. But could this work for something that does not allow your own freedom, like a regular novel or a play?

The only work I could think of where choosing what part a reader goes to of a story and still be able to get everything the book has to offer is Louis Sachar's Holes. I can only say this from personal experience, because I have done this before. In Holes, there are actually three storylines to follow: Stanley Yelnats in present day, Kissin' Kate Barlow in the late 1800's, and Madame Zeroni from the mid-1700's. The chapter's are intertwined and do not switch time periods in the middle, making it fully possible to read only one of the three stories.

Another place I could see this idea working is in a play. A vignette play is a play where every scene is a new story. It could have the same surrounding theme or be in the same place as the last story, but may not have anything else to do with it. Almost, Maine is an example of this. For instance, there are about twelve scenes surrounded by the idea of love, whether that be finding, rekindling it, or destroying it. A person could just do scenes that emulate one of these ideas and that would be choosing the path the reader or director wants to take in this case.

When a reader holds authority, the reader can make anything happen with the text. My only question is that does this idea takes away power from the author?