Hypertext fiction

Hypertext Fiction is a genre of interactive literature that uses hypertext links to direct the reader into sometimes complex, passages throughout the story. These hypertext links can also lead the reader to analogous images. Some hypertext fiction stories are scripted in a fashion that the reader can have a different encounter each time the story is read. The reader selects a link to explore, each time, creating a new experience. The story does not follow a continuous path. The reader experiences the story like trying to find the answer to a puzzle or following a map.

Hypertext Fiction began circulating by floppy disk through a small community of writers in the late 1980’s.

Examples

"24 Hours" by Philippa J Burne 1996

“Sunshine 69” by Bobby Rabyd

“Twelve Blue” by Michael Joyce

Works Cited

• Basaraba, N. (2013, October 23). Examples of hypertext fiction – how to write hypertext narratives?. Retrieved from http://nicolebasaraba.com/examples-hypertext-fiction-write-hypertext-narratives/
• Clark , L. Hyper-what?: Some views on reader discomfiture with hypertext fiction. Retrieved from http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/4.1/coverweb/clark/
• Montecino, V. (2002, May). What is hypertext?. Retrieved from http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/hypertext.htm
• O’Connell, L. (2012, March 21). Hypertext fiction. Retrieved from http://diginarrate.net/2012/03/21/hypertext-fiction-by-liamorourke/