Important links to hypertexts and information on cyber theory.
The
Electronic Labyrinth
The Electronic Labyrinth is a study of the implications of hypertext for creative
writers looking to move beyond traditional notions of linearity.
Robert
Kendall's Clues
An interactive puzzle using text, graphics and music. Play the words, crack
the text, win the game.
Shuen-shing
Lee's list of Hypertext literature
This is a very comprehensive list of hypertext media - very good resource.
Mark
Amerika's FILMTEXT 2.0
FILMTEXT is a digital narrative created for cross-media platforms. It has
been exhibited as a museum installation, a net art site, a conceptual art
ebook, an mp3 concept album, a series of live performances, and a looping
DVD. (You will need Flash6 player installed on your machine).
Eastgate
Systems Home Page
Developer's of "Storyspace", the Hypertext writing environment -
"...the primary source for serious hypertext" -- Robert Coover,
The New York Times Book Review
The
Jews Daughter
Interactive Hypetext using Macromedia Flash as the medium.
The
Cyberspace and Critical Theory Overview
A scholars program from the University of Singapore. Has a great research
site on Hypertext and a variety of other cyber interests.
Earth
Revisited
A Hypertext using sound clips
Omphaloskepsis
An interactive Web text by Jay Dillemuth
Cybersuds
An interactive Web text with images by Mark Kroop and Tim McConville
A
Few Years Down the Road
A hypertext employing a help screen by Michael DiBianco
Lexicon
A Hypertext novel employing framesets to create a complicated interaction
The
Girl and the Wolf by Nick Montfort
This is an interesting piece in the Beehive ArcHive that has a graph which
allows you to choose a version of the story with certain degrees of sex and
violence.
Plumb
Design Visual Thesaurus
An amazing thesaurus that is not a hypertext but could be used to create word
associations.
The
Cyber-Lit resources page
Another resources page with links to hypertext fiction and other cyber bits
and pieces
The
2001 Electronic Literature Awards
Go to this site and have a look at the fiction and poetry short lists. The
piece by Caitlin Fisher in the fiction list is a particularly good example
of a Hypertext piece.
The
Body by Shelley Jackson
Shelley Jackson was short listed in the ELO awards last year for a different
peice to this one. This is a magnificent hypertext. Have a look and see what
I mean.
Word
Circuits
This is the Gallery of Word Circuits, an index of some good hypertext.
The
Virtual Table
A "Progressive Dinner Party" with 39 seperate pieces of work, most
of which are hyperfiction.
24
hours with someone you know by Philippa J Burne
Quite a simply set up hypernarrative making good use of visuals
253
by Geoff Ryman
a novel for the Internet about London Underground in seven cars and a crash.
The
Electronic Literature Directory
Possibly the king daddy of all directories of electronic literature. I suggest
that you visit the hypertext sections and have a look at some of the works.
Some of the better ones I am plucking out for listing.
Wings
and Other Aspirations
Intersting use of images and text
The
Waiting Room
Slightly different way of navagating through what appears to be a parallel
narative.
Robert
Kendal's "The Connection Muse"
System to create organic hypertexts.
Hyperizons
Hypertext fiction site
Jacket
Literary Journal
Comprehensive journal includes some hypertext fiction and theory examples.
Glass
Wings: Modern Adventure
Australian site with some very good hyperfictions.