Poles in Your Face: The Promises and Pitfalls of Hypertext Fiction (Q3967)
a work by Jurgen Fauth
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| English | Poles in Your Face: The Promises and Pitfalls of Hypertext Fiction |
a work by Jurgen Fauth |
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Jurgen Fauth
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1995
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Browsing the World Wide Web can serve as a quick antidote to the foaming euphoria proponents of hyperfiction foster. Most hyperfiction encountered here seems clumsy, unsatisfactory, and of little artistic merit. Once the novelty of clicking on underlined words or outlined icons wears off, there is not much left to be euphoric over-- the stories seem to be lacking in everything but innovative stru… (English)
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Probably the most striking feature of hypertext is the link-- the word, sentence, or icon that refers to the next node, or piece of text, which in turn offers more links to the reader's incessant mouse clicks. As Bolter rightfully notes (201, 204), the link is a sign that signifies the node it links to, which in turn signifies other nodes, and so on, ad infinitum. This endless chain of significat… (English)
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