Hamlet on the holodeck

the future of narrative in cyberspace

324 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 1997 by MIT Press.

OCLC Number:
263571927

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Outstanding at parts, particularly in the meatier sections in the middle of the book that deal with emergence, agency and the possibilities of kaleidoscopic progression in digital narrative. This is certainly a must for anyone who wants to work with story-telling on digital formats. The only issue I would have would be in the slightly shallow handling of the first and last couple of chapters, which wind the book up and round it down a little poorly. Either way, I would still recommend this as a fascinating and in-depth study that draws many interesting conclusions.

Subjects

  • Cyberspace
  • Literature
  • Interactive multimedia
  • Narration (Rhetoric)
  • Virtual reality
  • History and criticism