Sites
On Hypertext and Hypertext Fiction
The sites below either publish hypertext fiction, offer hypertext software, or serve as forums for discussions on this emerging genre of creative writing. (Click here to read "What Is Hypertext?" by Charles Deemer.)
Eastgate Systems: The web's preeminent publication site for hypertext fiction. Eastgate's hypertextual publications include Michael Joyce's "afternoon, a story" and Stuart Moulthrop's "Victory Garden."
Hyperzions: A site dedicated to "writing and researching and thinking" about hypertext fiction. The site includes original hypertext fiction as well as extensive links to related sites and E-Zines.
Postmodern Theory, Culture Studies and Hypertext: A site maintained by Dr. Tom Goldpaugh and associated with the Department of English at Marist College. This site offers extensive links to academic discussions and sites related to postmodernism and hypertext.
Hypertext
and Hypermedia: A Select Bibliography: A extensive compilation
of bibliographies on hyper textual and hypermedia subjects, including art,
prominent writers of hypertext, education, linguistics, and literature.
SIGLINK
Newsletter: A tri-annual print publication on issues relating to
hypertext. Their site also features an electronic supplement for
each edition.
HyperTerrorist's Timeline of Hypertext History: A timeline of advances in writing technologies starting at the papyrus scrolls, clay tablets circa 3000 BCE and ending at "The Netscape Era" circa 1996 CE.
EJournal:
An e-mail delivered journal dedicated to exploring the theory, practice,
and pedagogical implications of hypertext.
"Politexts,
Hypertexts, and Other Cultural Formations in the Late Age of Print":
A hyper textual essay by Nancy Kaplan of the University of Baltimore intended
to "interrogate the future of literacy."
"The Rationale of HyperText": An introductory essay by Jerome McGann detailing some of the differences between codex and hypertext function of language.
The
Electronic Labyrinth Home Page: A site dedicated to studying hypertext
and the "implications of this medium for creative writers looking to move
beyond traditional notions of linearity and univocity."
Hypertext
at Brown: A site associated with Brown University which details
the historical development of hypertext from the 1960s until the present.
Links to Sites on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Learning: An extensive list of links on topics ranging from "The Architecture of Hypertext Systems" to "Learning with Hypertext Learning Environments: Theory Design, and Research."
Storyspace: The home page for the pre-eminent hyper textual software.
Homepage of Michael Joyce: The author of the seminal hypertext, "afternoon, a story," Joyce's site includes links to examples of his fiction and his course syllabi at Vassar College.
Hypertext
Fiction and Poetry: A site featuring information on Robert Kendell's
online class offered by the New York School for Research. The class
provides a survey of hypertext fiction and poetry and gives students the
chance to compose and discuss their own creative hypertext.
HyperTheory/HyperLiterature
Home Page: The home page for a graduate course in hypertext literature
offering the syllabus, a hypertext bibliography, and related links.
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