- What is a hypertext?
- Why does Shelly start each section off with a statement saying things are not as they appear?
- Why is her intro so confusing and wordy?
- How is hypertext built to be different than normal, linear novels?
- Why are linear novels with a story considered "conventional" by Shelly?
- If hypertext doesn't know where it's going, how do you write one?
Monday, November 9, 2009
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3. Why is her intro so confusing and wordy?
ReplyDeleteThe intro is meant to show the reader that they are about to read a text not of the ordinary. It prepares him/her mentally for the cerebral torture that is this hypertext. Despite how confusing it is, the intro also leads the reader into the "we're not who we say we are" section of the hypertext. It gets the job done, but in a dirty dirty way.