electronic book review

digital futures of literature, theory, criticism, and the arts

mark bernstein

Return to Twilight

Dave Ciccoricco returns to Michael Joyce's 1997 novel so as to avoid bringing hypertext criticism to a premature closure.

The Contour of a Contour

Despite talk of endings and absences at Eastgate Systems, Dave Ciccoricco investigates continuities in the work of Michael Joyce and Mark Bernstein.

Celia Pearce responds in turn
Card Shark and Thespis

Eastgate Systems alumns Diane Greco and Mark Bernstein explain two "exotic tools for hypertext narrative."

Hypertexts and Interactives

The parallels (and oppositions) between hypertext and AI are brought out in section five.

Ken Perlin’s response
Andrew Stern’s response (excerpt)
The Pleasures of Immersion and Interaction

J. Yellowlees Douglas and Andrew Hargadon on the affective side of hypertexts via "schemas, scripts, and the fifth business."

Adrian Miles responds to Hypertexts and Interactives

Adrian Miles on themes of print vs. digital, engagement vs. immersion, easy vs. difficult, and affect vs. effect, as they appear in section five of First Person.