Zeit für die Bombe

"Zeit für die Bombe is thus the story of a crazy winter day in Moscow, during which several characters meet and get lost in the streets and railway stations, a psychiatric hospital, an apartment, and a pub." (Saemmer 2014, 183)

Zeit für die Bombe (direct translation: Time for the Bomb) is one of the most famous German hyperfictions consisting of 47 fixed and 46 transitional pages connected by 76 hypertexts. Written and programmed by Susanne Berkenheger, Zeit für die Bombe has received multiple awards.

(Source: Saemmer, Alexandra. 2014. "Hyperfiction as a Medium for Drifting Times." In Analyzing Digital Fiction, edited by Alice Bell, Astrid Ensslin and Hans Rustad. Routledge.)

In 2013 the hypertextfiction was published as an app, allowing users to experience the story through a new medium. The app also allows users to see what percentage of the book they have read.

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