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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 reader will not not follow a continuous path, but will experience the story like one trying to solve a puzzle or follow a map. | 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 reader will not not follow a continuous path, but will experience the story like one trying to solve a puzzle or follow a map. | ||
Hypertext Fiction began circulating by floppy disk through a small community of writers | Hypertext Fiction began circulating in the late 1980’s by floppy disk through a small community of writers. | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 11 April 2014
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 reader will not not follow a continuous path, but will experience the story like one trying to solve a puzzle or follow a map.
Hypertext Fiction began circulating in the late 1980’s by floppy disk through a small community of writers.
Examples
"24 Hours" by Philippa J Burne
“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/