Many of the men who are working in electronic formats do not quite fit into our rubric, but are creating exciting, groundbreaking work. You will surely want to add these to your collection!
In-hand Media and CD-ROM * / * Web/Text/Index Works * / * Dual Publication Formats * / * Gallery Installations with Sites on the Web * / * Non-English * / * Creative Non-Fiction and Critics
Much of the early, excellent hypertext work was done for floppy disk. Recent publications have been too elaborate for the web and have been released on CD-ROM. Eastgate Systems is the best-known publisher of these hypertexts.
Clark Humphrey--The Perfect Couple -- Eastgate Systems
John Mc Daid -- Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse -- Eastgate Systems
Tim Mc Laughlin --Notes Toward Absolute Zero -- Eastgate Systems
Richard Smyth -- Genetis: A Rhizography -- Eastgate Systems
Rob Swigart -- DownTime Interactive -- forthcoming from Eastgate Systems
Michael Von Mantgem-- Completing the Circle -- Eastgate Systems
While they do not specifically take advantage of web authoring features, the following works are excellent examples of electronic text with navigational links.
Adnan Ashraf --The Straight Path -- Co-Winner of the first NYU Press Prize for Hyperfiction.
Pratik Kanjilal -- The Buddha Smiled --Co-Winner of the first NYU Press Prize for Hyperfiction.
Nick Montfort--Winchester's Nightmare
Nick Montfort and William Gillespie --The Ed Report
Milorad Pavic -- Damascene
Michael Shumate -- Holier Than Thou
While our focus is on pieces that reside fully on the web, other authors have done cross-media work, designed to be read partially on the web and to provide a longer version on CD-ROM--a couple of fine examples:
Lawrence Clark-- _WeR1_ -- CD, Audio, and Web
Alan Sondheim -- "Con/Text/Sub" -- Produced by RailRoad Earth
Gallery Installations with Sites on the Web
Many artists who display work in complex, real-time installations also preview their projects on the web--and many of these installation-web-projects have a high degree of narrative and literary interest. Some of these (only a few of the many excellent artists) include:
Ken Goldberg
Jeff Gompertz
Eduardo Kac
John Simon
The Web is a world-wide phenomenon, just as it promises--and some of the most stunning work is being done by men who are working in languages other than English. While our gallery space is limited, we hope you will take time to look at the work of writers and artists all over the world. Some good writers to watch for:
Patrick Burgaud
Phillippe Castellin
Julien d'Abrigeon
Markku Eskelinen
Shuen-shing Lee (a.k.a. Poseidon)
Dajuin Yao
Creative Non-Fiction and Critics
Espen Aarseth
Mark Bernstein
Jay Bolter
Robert Coover
Giuliano Franco
Richard Grusin
Terence Harpold
Paul Harris
Jan Rune Holmevik
David Kolb
Raine Koskimaa
George Landow
Richard Lanham
Alan Liu
Peter Lunenfeld
Adrian Miles
Jose Luis Orihuela
Martin E. Rosenberg
Gregory L. Ulmer