Hypertext
Courses
Hypertext
Hypertext
Resources and Theory
Hypertext Conferences and Events
Newsgroups
and Mailing lists
This page was originally researched, written and HTMLised by Leonie
Winson and Simon Mills.
The
2nd trAce/AltX New Media Writing Competition 2000
The
Winner was:
Lexia to Perplexia, by Talan
Memmott.
Probably
some of the best new media work on the Web.
Also worth reading, the works on The Shortlist
The 1st trAce/AltX Hypertext Competition
1998
Joint winners:
Rice,
by Jenny Weight, and
The Unknown, by
William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, Dirk Stratton and Frank Marquardt.
There were some excellent works, again, on the Shortlist
The
2001 Electronic Literature Awards
The winner for Fiction: These
Waves of Girls by Caitlin Fisher
The winner for Poetry: Windsound by John
Cayley
More interesting reading can be found on the Fiction
shortlist and the Poetry
shortlist.
Hypertext
Courses
Designing
Web-Based Narratives
Instructor: Carolyn Guertin
Our familiarity with writing for print and our exposure to the aesthetic
techniques of television and film may blind us to the fact that
writing for the hyperlinked Web is a distinctly different art from
its precursors. This class will explore the structure and design
of web-based texts. After reading a range of exemplary works, students
will craft some small narrative networks of their own.
Hypertext
and its Double
Instructor: Talan Memmott
This advanced course will examine the formal, structural, and
narrative formation of various literary hypermedia projects. Primary
focus will be placed upon performative language, spatial aspects
of the hypermediated document, and the author/reader relationship
to the content "application". Students will critique
and discuss works, as well as create a 1-3-page work.
Hypertext
The
Fray
On
sites like this, even the most curmudgeonly anti-art, anti-literary,
reactionary technophobe will find something to appreciate. Probably.
Perhaps. Anyone actively looking at how words and pictures can,
via the Web, carry you to new places in story and reportage will
want to bookmark The Fray and spend some time exploring it. From
the streets of Haight Ashbury to Burning Man in the desert "the
fray is a place for people who believe the web is about personal
expression and a new kind of art."
Grammatron
This
is a kind of online novel by the virtual artist Mark Amerika.
I say kind of because although it is a written fiction,
as the blurb explains it also consists of:
".
. . over 1000 text spaces, 1700 links, an original soundtrack
delivered via Real Audio 3.0, unique hyperlink structures by way
of specially-coded Javascripts, animated and still life images,
and more storyworld development than any other narrative created
exclusively for the Web. Future versions will integrate state-of-the-art
Virtual Reality languages for a more immersive, collaborative
experience...".
It's
certainly worth checking out as an attempt to create a new form
of writing developed solely for the Web and has received a fair
amount of praise from many quarters according to initial mailshots.
Under
The Ashes
Explore
this mysterious house and let your imagination run wild. An interview
with the author Gavin Inglis can be found at:
http://www.innotts.co.uk/~leo/hyper/gavin.htm
Mythopoeia
The Making of Myths
This
site is based upon the wonderful Mythological images by Suza Scalora.
Visitors here have been invited to add short pieces of creative
writing that are inspired by these images. The result is a site
with words and images that are curiously related. Well worth a
visit.
Official
Spike Webb Home Page
Meet
the first net detective and follow his adventures. Spike is an
Internet-based life form from unknown origins joined by his co-conspirators
Nancy and Roger Tango. Spike searches out the information and
clues to solve their cases. Through various incarnations it has
developed into a sort of "pulp comic" format which includes some
fun animations. You can even join his fan club and receive some
freebies.
No
Dead Trees
No,
it's not a botanist's homepage. The idea is to create an interactive
novel and not one in the traditional, linear plot style (dead
tree). Here you will find vampires, demons, interdimensional time
travellers and much more... The site now includes a search engine
where you can search for threads to do with particular characters
and a random jump point which will take you into the novel at
any point during the story.
Victory
Garden Sampler
Victory
Garden is available on disk for Macintosh and Windows but you
can find a sample of it here. Explore the inter-linking lives
of the characters and the media coverage of the Gulf war which
is carefully threaded throughout the story.
Reactive
Writing
Leonie
Winson's site houses some intriguing interviews with hypertext
authors as well as Dark
Lethe, her current hypertext novel. An essay on hypertext
and collabrative fiction will be appearing soon.
Insomnia
If
you have ever suffered from insomnia this interactive poem will
ring more than just bells. Some links take you to other parts
of the poem while others open up sound files and short videos.
Hegirascope
If
you are used to being in control when you surf the web this will
be a totally new experience. Take a jump into the narrative and
prepare to get a little disorientated.
The
Heist - a hypertext novel by Walter Sorrells
If
you like crime or mystery novels this is the site for you. Explore
the events during and leading up to the "The Heist".
The
Company Therapist
The
Company Therapist is based around the work of a psychiatrist hired
to cover the needs of a large company this "hyperdrama" explores
patient/doctor relationships as well as company intrigue. You
can read the manuscripts of sessions with different patients and
look at his own and his patients journals and letters. As a collaborative
project anyone can submit their own contributions as long as they
have the time to make a fairly long term commitment. Writers also
have to sign an agreement that hands over the copyright and allows
editors to make changes to their submissions.
Lies
Where simplicity is the road to perfection. Read it and then go
back to the start and read it again. When you can explore the
world of "Lies" why settle for the truth.
Chateau
de Mort
Join the cast at the Chateau de Mort and listen as they reveal
their dark secrets. Scroll down this page until you find the title
- there are a selection of downloadable files of the original
play (MS-Dos).
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of the page
Hypertext
Resources and Theory
alt.hypertext
FAQ list
Answers to questions frequently asked in alt.hypertext
newsgroup and references to other online resources about hypertext
and hypermedia.
Assemblage
- The Women's New Media Gallery
This international gathering of women's voices is a showcase of
new media art being created on and off the World Wide Web. Compiled
and curated by Carolyn Guertin.
Burning
Press
The site includes a couple of sections devoted to visual, audio,
kinetic, and hypermedia literature. Machine Made of Words is a
"gallery" of finished works, while the Wr-eye-tings
Scratchpad is a "laboratory" for works in progress.
The Scratchpad is supplemented by a Wr-eye-tings
mailing list.
Eastgate
Systems Home Page
Eastgate is the main source of commercial hypertext fiction. Many
of the writers of hypertext fiction on the Web publish their creation
through Eastgate.
The
Electronic Labyrinth
Readable
on the Web or downloadable via ftp (only windows format retains
the hyperlinks within the document) this is a superb and intelligent
book-length look at Hypertext.
Electronic
Literature Organization
A very large database on electronic literature, with links to
hundreds of sites.
HIPERTULIA
Hypertext reviews and commentary by Susana Pajares Tosca. In Spanish
and English.
Hyperizons:
the Search for Hypertext Fiction
If
you want to find information or general resources about hypertext
fiction and theory this is the place to start. Hyperizons has
the most up to date and extensive information about whats available
on the Internet in general for hypertext fiction enthusiasts.
Please note that this site is rather dated though.
Hypertext
Kitchen
The latest hypertext news.
Hypertext
Now
Essays on hypertext theory and literature.
Hypertext
Reading Room
The Reading Room at Eastgate showcases Web writing contributed
by some of the finest hypertext writers working today.
Hyper-X
One section of the Alt-X site Hyper-X has been set up to explore
hypertext fiction and Web publishing. The site includes Hypertextual
Consciousness [beta-version] a hypertextual discussion about
writing in Cyberspace. For more information about Alt-X take a
look at the What's
New page which gives you a good idea of what the site is about.
Mark Amerika's article The
Public, Private and Secret Life of A Network Publisher is
also well worth a look.
SIGLNK
Home Page
SIGLNK
organise the annual Hypertext conference, which is probably the
most prominent conference on hypertext and hypermedia. You will
find their newsletter here and information about forthcoming events
and papers.
Storyspace
Storyspace
software sold by Eastgate - the most popular system for writing
hypertext fiction or non-linear projects in general. Its graphical
interface makes it very easy to follow the way your project is
going to interconnect.
Wordcircuits
This is a watering hole for new media poetry and fiction--indigenously
electronic work that couldn't be realized in print. Hypertext
is the mainstay here, but we also deal in more exotic forms of
cybertext, which exploit such innovations as text-generating algorithms
or animated text that moves and mutates on the screen. Welcome
to the world of hypertextual, interactive, self-generating, kinetic,
and multimedia poetry and fiction.
Written
on the Web
This
is a very good article about hypertext fiction. Take a look if
you want a quick guide to what all the fuss is about. If you're
prompted for a username and password, just hit the cancel button
in the dialogue box - you'll get to the article, honest.
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of the page
Hypertext
Conference and Events
Hypertext
'99
n
Darmstadt, Germany.
Hypertext
'00
held in San Antonio, Texas
Hypertext
'01
held in Aarhus, Denmark
Hypertext
'02
to be held in Baltimore, MD
Hypertext
'03
Nottingham, UK
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Newsgroups
and Mailing Lists
alt.hypertext
Newsgroup
devoted to discussion of hypertext although recently it has degenerated
into general discussions of the Web, much to the disgust of the
long term residents.
Eastgate
Systems
Announcements and hypertext news from the foremost publisher of
literary hypertext. Fill out the form on Eastgate's home page
to subscribe.
ht_lit
mailing list
A
very good hypertext and literary theory mailing list. Well worth
subscribing to if you are interested in how literary theory effects
hypertext fiction.
To
join the ht_lit mailing list, send a message to the following
address:
subscribe@consecol.org
The
sole content of the message should be the line:
subscribe
ht_lit your own email address
Past
postings to the list are at ftp://journal.biology.carleton.ca/pub/ht_lit/
Webartery
a fairly busy list for web-artists and writers, mostly of the experimental
kind.
Wr-eye-tings
Scratchpad
A list hosted by Burning Press for discussion about creating visual,
kinetic, and hypertext poetry for the Web. It's supplemented by
a Web page for works in progress that are discussed on the list.
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