The Unknown: A Hypertext Novel; by William Gillespie, Scott Rettberg, Dirk Stratton, and Frank Marquardt
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Description
The Great American Hypertext Novel. A free, online, collaborative metafiction written from 1998-2002, documenting the last gasp of the Great American Novel and the rise of the internet culture that would supplant it in relevance.
Links
- > The Unknown: A Hypertext Novel <
- Drugs, Machines, and Friendships: Hypertext, Collaboration, and the Beatles. Essay published in Cybertext Yearbook (2002–2003)
- Or maybe you'd rather wait until the book comes out.
Reviews
Dans le domaine strictement numérique, l'un des exemples les plus aboutis est Millenium or the unknown. La page d'accueil de ce site anglophone, fascinante, propose un dialogue dans lequel les personnages commentent leur projet d'écriture hypertextuelle par un procédé de mise en abyme et notent qu'il ne devrait pas y avoir, en théorie, de début, puisque tous les éléments sont reliés. C'est la fin de l'incipit traditionnel: l'enjeu n'est plus de susciter la poursuite linéaire de la lecture, mais d'aiguiser le désir d'une exploration dont l'inconnue est bien sûr le comportement de l'internaute.
-Hugues Marchal, Magazine Littéraire
I’ve known Mr. Gillespie as an early pioneer and consistent supporter of electronic literature. The grand hypertext fiction he created with Scott Rettberg and others, The Unknown, is a landmark of digital writing and one of the most inspiring products of those wild, early moments. It was the energy and vision of people like William who made that first harvest possible.
- Stuart Moulthrop
Bibliographic Details
Published 0000-00-00 by Spineless Books.