Saturday, February 7, 2009

deconstructing hypertextuality

Segmentation/Alternate Paths is an academic site that compares/contrasts text and hypertext, and explains the evolution, to some degree. It also boasts the claim that hypertextual expression is the wave of the future--that it will be the dominant vehicle in the coming years.

Many sites agree that The Garden of Forking Paths is not actual hypertext--it's the theory of hypertext--the original blueprint for what we would come to think of as hypertexted narrative. In short, it lends itself to the systems and structures of hypertext.

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