hypertext
Zuzana Husárová and Nick Montfort up the ante for experimental writing by examining the category of "shuffle literature." What is shuffle literature? Simply put: books that are meant to be shuffled. Using formal reading of narrative and themes, but also a material reading of construction and production, Husárová and Montfort show that there are many writing practices and readerly strategies associated with this diverse category of literature.
J. Hillis Miller looks at the "multimedia" Victorian novel, embodied in ink, paper, cardboard, and glue.
John Cayley reviews the Hypertext '97 Conference, which brought together representatives from corporate and academic sectors.
Jan Baetens reviews the Raymond Federman Recyclopedia, a book whose humour - and evident bad taste - raise it above its own formidable constraints.
In response to Nick Montfort's review of Cybertext, N. Katherine Hayles coins an alternative term, Cyber|literature.
George Landow talks with Harvey Molloy about personal projects and future Web speculations.
Who says hypertext readers have more brains than gamers? Not Henry Jenkins.
Jan van Looy reviews Silvio Gaggi on hypertext fiction up to the early '90s.