In this episode, Scott Rettberg is joined by novelist and professor of Emerging Media and Digital Art at Southern Oregon University, Robert Arellano. They discuss the history of hypertext and Robert’s breakthrough hypertext novel.

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References
Amerika, Mark. 1997. GRAMMATRON. https://markamerika.com/artworks/grammatron-by-mark-amerika
Arellano, Robert. 1996. Sunshine '69. https://bobbyrabyd.github.io/sunshine69//’
Arellano, Robert. 2001. Fast Eddie, King of the Bees. Akashic.
Arellano, Robert. 2009. Havana Lunar. Akashic.
Coover, Robert. 1992. “The End of Books.” The New York Times Book Review, June 21, 1992. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/coover-end.html
Coover, Robert. 1992. Hypertext Hotel.
Coover, Robert. 1999. “Literary Hypertext: The Passing of the Golden Age.” Keynote Address, Digital Arts and Culture 1999. https://nickm.com/vox/golden_age.html
Coover, Robert. 2023. Open House. OR Books.
Gillespie, William, Scott Rettberg, Dirk Stratton and Frank Marquardt. 1998. The Unknown. https://unknownhypertext.com/
Infocom. Zork. Personal Software. PDP-10. 1977.
Jackson, Shelley. 1995. Patchwork Girl. Eastgate Systems.
Oldham, Will. 1992. Riding.
Perec, George. 1978. Life: A User’s Manual. Hachette Littératures.
Rettberg, Scott. 2018. Electronic Literature. Polity Press
Shelley, Mary. 1818. Frankenstein.

This research is partially supported by the Research Council of Norway Centers of Excellence program, project number 332643, Center for Digital Narrative and project number 335129, Extending Digital Narrative. 

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