HSLU FED Network Narrative

What I'm onto here is writing and researching and thinking about hypertext fiction. For those of you familiar with it already, enough said--you may want to go back to the Contents. For those of you unfamiliar with it, hypertext fiction (aka hyperfiction, interactive fiction, nonlinear fiction) is a new art form that while not necessarily made possible by the computer was certainly made feasible by it. Its creators make use of hypertext--of which the Web is only one widespread albeit limited incarnation--to create fiction with many features uncharacteristic of print fiction: multiple paths through the same text; multiple endings (and beginnings); questions posed to the reader which, once answered, influence what the reader will read; audiovisual attachments; navigable maps; and so on and so on. Readers seeking more extensive definitions of hypertext fiction are invited to browse through the Theory and Criticism section or, better yet, simply start reading a few works--artists always outstrip their would-be definers.

One minute, Rick Blackwell is sightseeing at St. Pancras in London; the next, he's caught up in a conspiracy that takes him far away from home. Rick needs to use all his skills to find out why a dying stranger seemed to know his name - and to stay alive. In this homage to The 39 Steps, Charles Cumming takes us on an adrenaline-fuelled adventure written and designed for Google Maps.

sehr schöner Link. Danke! Gruss, Axel

Diese Site veröffentlicht den Briefwechsel zwischen Schiller und Goethe aus den Jahren 1794 bis 1805 in Echtzeit, das heißt, die Briefe werden um 215 Jahre versetzt an dem Datum veröffentlicht, an dem sie geschrieben wurden. Beginn ist der 13. Juni 2009; bereits am 12. Juni werden Goethes Widmung an den König von Bayern und das Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage von Hermann Hauff veröffentlicht

Canadian author Michael Winter, who wrote The Big Why, will release excerpts of his next novel through a series of posts on the Internet site Facebook.

However in court I argued that Facebook is essentially a fantasy environment, and that expressions within Facebook should be regarded as existing within a virtual reality. The purpose of Facebook is to offer its users a stage upon which to construct a shared narrative, an interactive play, that while based on real life, is in fact fantasy. Unlike a resume or CV, people spin their profiles to reflect the more positive and attractive elements of their personality

Make your own "Obamicon" - your image in a style inspired by Shepard Fairey's iconic poster. Regardless of your candidate of choice in the 2008 election, here's your chance to sound-off.

a facebook profile photo in Obama style

Hamlet told in the form of a Facebook Newsffed

A Flickr group on storytelling

a lovestory told via the facebook news feed

Over the weekend I took a trip through Facebook to look at the various Facebook profile photos that my friends and their friends had posted. The profile photo is probably the single most important component for personal expression. That's why studying our profile photos will often reveal what is most important to us