[Networked hypertext] is indeed an exciting, provocative if frequently frustrating medium for the creation of new narratives, a potentially revolutionary space, capable, exactly as advertised, of transforming the very art of fiction, even if it now remains somewhat at the fringe, remote still, in these very early days, from the mainstream.
Predictor: Coover, Robert
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article he wrote for The New York Times, “The End of Books,” Robert Coover tells of his fascination with hypertext, a term coined by computer populist Ted Nelson, as Coover says “to describe the writing done in the nonlinear or nonsequential space made possible by the computer.” Coover writes about his weekly hypertext workshops at Brown University:”[Networked hypertext] is indeed an exciting, provocative if frequently frustrating medium for the creation of new narratives, a potentially revolutionary space, capable, exactly as advertised, of transforming the very art of fiction, even if it now remains somewhat at the fringe, remote still, in these very early days, from the mainstream.”
Biography:Robert Coover was one of the pioneers of online literature. He has been a teacher of experimental courses in hypertext and multimedia narrative at Brown University. His 1992 essay on hypertext in the New York Times Book Review, “The End of Books,” described and publicized the idea of digital literature. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Publishing
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: The End of Books
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://cas.buffalo.edu/english/faculty/conte/syllabi/370/EndofBooks.htm
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