November 8, 2004
Hypertexts and Interactives at ebr
There’s a new section of First Person live at electronic book review. This section, “Hypertexts and Interactives,” includes essays by:
- hypertext publishers, editors, and researchers Mark Bernstein and Diane Greco (discussing hypertext fiction and describing “two exotic hypertext systems, tools suitable for hypertext narrative but dramatically unlike the tools currently in use”),
- hypertext poet and theorist Stephanie Strickland (who, through the move captured in her title, “intends to install the stenographer, and not her employer, as the crucial creative/receptive presence in digital art”), and
- a duo pairing a hypertext veteran with a specialist in technological innovation — J. Yellowlees Douglas and Andrew Hargadon (who focus on understanding the experience and pleasure of interacting with digital media).
Of course, as with all sections of First Person, there are also new responses. Adrian Miles offers an ebr-specific response to the full section; while folks like Henry Jenkins, Camille Utterback, and Ken Perlin respond to particular essays; and there’s even an excerpt from GTxA driver Andrew Stern’s contribution.