Hyperizons

the Hyper Himalayan	Hypertext Fiction				the Hype
	Original Fiction: Main Index	Original Fiction: Readings and Reviews		From Page to Screen
About Hyperizons	Reply Form	Theory and Criticism	Other Sites	Bibliographies	What's New

Contents

• About Hyperizons
  • What I'm Onto
  • Link Structure and Author/Title Indexing
  • What's and
  • Hyperizons mail form: send your comments
  • Clippings, Notices, Etc.
• Original Hypertext Fiction
  • Main Index
    • Fiction by Multiple Authors
    • Fiction by Individual Authors
    • Science Fiction and Fantasy Cross References
    • Miscellany
  • Readings and Reviews
    • Fiction by Multiple Authors
    • Fiction by Individual Authors
• From Page to Screen
  • Print Literature Converted to Hypertext
  • Precursors of Hypertext
• Theory and Criticism of Hypertext Fiction
  • Critical literature about hypertext fiction
  • Critical literature on related topics
  • Annotated bibliographies of individual writers
• Other sources and markets
  • Web sites and bibliographies
  • E-zines and Journals
  • Publishers
  • Online galleries, etc.
  • Class projects
  • Other Possibilities
• Announcements
  • Calls for Papers (CFP)
  • Conferences and Meetings
  • Contests
  • New Publications
  • Everything else ...

About Hyperizons

What I'm Onto

"To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair."

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.

I launched Hyperizons on the Web in March, 1995 and since then I've received a lot of feedback, mainly positive. Some of this is summarized in "Clippings, Notices, Etc." I also discuss the site's development and history in more detail in a recent article about some of the highlights of hypertext fiction on the Web in 1996, "Tracing the Growth of a New Literature", CMC Magazine, December, 1996.

I hope you enjoy and use what's here and feel free to send suggested links and improvements.

Link Structure and Author/Title Indexing

Some of this is obvious, some less so. Reading it will probably help you use your time more efficiently. Note that titles are listed by main entry. That is, works by individual authors are listed alphabetically by author; works by multiple authors (anthologies or collaborative fictions) are listed alphabetically by title.

Name

If a name is the main entry, the link is to that person's personal home page if available. If not, the link is to the department, school, organization, etc. If the name occurs within a citation, the link is to another point in Hyperizons if I list that person as a main entry; or, if not, directly to that person's home page.

Title

Similar to authors: if it's the main entry, the link is to that title's home page if available. If the title is a secondary citation (e.g., a piece of criticism referring to the main entry), the first choice for linking is to another point in Hyperizons if I discuss that title as a main entry; if not, the link is directly to the title's home page.

Publishers

For books not online, I list a version in print if available. If several are available, I list what I consider to be the best version or best translation. A link to the publisher's name means that online ordering information is available.

Other links

These are most often to highlights within the web of the main citation. I'm more prone to do this at large sites where particular pages of interest are easy to miss while browsing.

Expanded citations and bibliographies

If I have more to say about a piece, or have found other writers who have something to say about it, the linked phrase "Expanded citation available" or "See bibliography" will appear in the citation. Follow that link to more detailed comments and/or secondary literature.

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July 22, 1997: What's new is something I've been meaning to add for a long time: a section for Announcements about hypertext fiction and related matters of interest. Not a lot listed as yet, but two of the items there are of major interest: announcements about two different contests for hypertext fiction, one from New York University Press and the other from a new Web journal at Syracuse University, Salt Hill Journal. Both will award substantial cash prizes in addition to publication of the winning entry.

May 5, 1997:The most recent additions are a couple of collaborative fictions seeking submissions; an academic satire by Doug Robinson, and an essay by Jeffrey Johnson and Maurizio Oliva that discusses a half-dozen or so Web hypertext fictions.

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