Hypertext Links
Online Film and Animation Links
The Depth Mode in Narrative
E-Publishing
Hypertext and Beyond
Below are a few selected links. The list is
by far not comprehensive, nor are the links completely representative. However, they do
provide a good starting point for discovering what is out there.
Online Film and
Animation Links
Alwaysi: www.alwaysi.com
An online movie production studio, and one of the only sites I found that charges an
access fee. I advise you not to bother paying it, despite the fact that I’m including
the link; other sites are free and have some great stuff available.
AtomFilms: www.atomfilms.com
A really great synthesis of online films, Atomfilms offers games, short films and
animation from around the world. They’ve won multiple awards, including the 2000
Webby Awards for Film and Broadband, and Forbes Magazine Best of the Web 2000.
Check out shorts like Titler.
Britshorts: www.britshorts.com
This site is created by and for those interested in the British and European short film
industry. Their movies are, for the most part, highly entertaining, and even though their
library is small, the quality is excellent.
Hypnotic: www.hypnotic.com
Hypnotic is a media film studio backed by Vivendi Universal that acquires, produces, and
distributes short form content and feature-length films through traditional and
non-traditional channels, like the web.
Ifilm: www.ifilm.com
IFILM is one of the many places to find and watch movies on the Internet – over
15,000 short and feature movies available, some produced by ifilm, and others submitted by
independent filmmakers. For the hardcore movie buff, IFILM also offers everything from
editorial columns to movie news and reviews.
Major Damage: http://www.major-damage.com
Major damage is an independent, computer-generated short cartoon about a
monster fighting superhero and the little boy who is his number one fan. Members of the
site exchange files and review each other’s work, and includes animation from all
over the world.
Movieflix: www.movieflix.com
MovieFlix.com has developed and maintains a library of full-length movies, short films,
independent films, and television shows available over the Internet via streaming video
technology. The current library of over 2000 titles consists of Hollywood classics,
independent films, short films and television shows.
The Depth Mode in
Narrative
The Perseus Digital Library: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Aristophanes, Marlowe, Shakespeare, and others
Great Books Online: www.bartleby.com
Excellent site devoted to reference, poetry, and narrative free of charge!
Bibliomania: www.bibliomania.com
Great site with over 800 selections including study guides and teacher resources.
First Books: http://www.1stbooks.com/
This site allows you to build your own electronic library. Other cool stuff inside.
Shakespeare Internet Editions: http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/
IPL William Shakespeare’s Complete Works: http://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.html
Two sites that are dedicated to Shakespeare’s sonnets and plays -- complete scholarly
criticism and historical information.
E-Publishing
101: One Zero One: http://www.iceflow.com/onezeroone/101/OneZeroOne2.html
This site is just someone’s MA thesis on-line. The text is simply been planted here
along with other art contributions of other persons. There is no hypertextual element to
anything on the site, but the concept of issuing versions of the magazine, which shows
changes in art forms over time is an interesting concept.
XYZZY News: http://www.xyzzynews.com
An on-line magazine for enthusiasts of interactive fiction, an older version of
computerized gaming that involves text. Lots of good links for those interested in IF.
Altx: http://www.altx.com/
A site with several links to on-line fiction as well as essays about on-line fiction.
Coven Pride: http://www.modcult.brown.edu/people/rabyd/Coven_Pride_814.html
This links takes the browser to Coven Pride, an on-line magazine based at Brown
University. No hypertext, per se, but some of the world’s weird stories.
Ezone.org: http://ezone.org/
A collection of hypertextual fiction with links to other such sites.
New River 8: http://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals/newriver/
This links goes to The New River: A Journal of Hypertext Literature and Art. Especially
notable is the consistent experimentation with writing for the computer screen.
Knosso: http://www.knosso.com/NWHQ/
NWHQ is another on-line journal of hypertext literature and art, but in this one works
grow over time. There are also lots of links to other on-line resources.
Postmodern Culture:
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/pmc/contents.all.html
This is the scholarly publication Postmodern Culture on the Internet
Beehive Hypertext/Hypermedia Literary
Journal: http://beehive.temporalimage.com/bee_core/index.html
Beehive, another hypertext journal, publishes both standard print fiction and hypertextual
fiction on its website.
The Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org
The Internet Public Library provides an important resource for those searching for on-line
material.
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: http://www.clpgh.org/clp/ebooks/intro.shtml
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh includes electronic books in its collection. Patrons
may check out these selections just like their print companions on the shelves. This site
provides a good introduction to e-books for those who are not familiar with them.
The Eserver: Accessible Online Publishing: http://www.eserver.org
The site for Eserver, based out of the University of Washington, contains alternative
publication information as well as a forum for artists and critics alike. There are many
links to all sorts of related information, from upcoming conferences to messages boards as
well as links to other related sites.
An Online Library of Literature: http://www.literature.org
This site provides instant access to selected canonized authors and
their work.
Hypertext and
Beyond
Eastgate Systems: www.eastgate.com
Eastgate systems created Storyspace, and their website contains up-to-date news relating
to hypertext, as well as offering hypertext fictions.
AltX: www.altx.com
An online publishing site. Features a column by Mark Amerika, the Electronic Book Review,
and numerous hypertext offerings.
Café Zeitgeist: www.cafezeitgeist.com
Author Lance Olsen’s website. Olsen is a proponent of hypertext and related media,
his site links to several prominent online fictions and authors.
Hyperizons: www.duke.edu/~mshumate/hyperfic.html
An older site that is no longer updated, but a good introduction to hypertext. The site is
several years old, but the links work.
Jutta Degner: http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/ht/writing.html
Another older site in need of an update, but it offers a number of good pointers on
writing hypertext, and the common problems to be avoided.
PubSphere: www.netspace.org/cyconet/pubsphere.html#images
An online publishing site featuring many hypertexts.
HyperLiterature/HyperTheory:
www.ebbs.english.vt.edu/cl/hthl00/hthl00.html
This site contains the readings list for a class on hypermedia, including Vanover
Bush’s article proposing the Memex.
Stuart Moulthrop: http://raven.ubalt.edu/staff/moulthrop/hypertexts/
The hyperfiction author’s page, with links to most of his hypertexts.
Judy Mallory: www.well.com/user/jmallory/
Another author’s page, with links to her writings.
Hyperfiction: www.primenet.com/~wbeaver/hyperfiction.html
A site run by William J. Beaver, it contains hypertext fiction, poetry, and articles.
The Hypertext History Timeline: www.mcs.net/~jorn/html/timeline.html
As the name implies, this is a timeline for hypertext, as compiled by the pages author
Jorn Barger.
Weiner Dog Production: www.wdog.com
A group of individuals who feel the web is an exciting and crucial space for creating art
and the pursuit of knowledge. They are browsers, surfers, users, abusers, and they process
all of the information they take in. It comes back out as what they like to call,
"art!" Sure, it's a bit pretentious. And it isn't necessarily socially useful.
But it is a lot of fun. To sweeten the deal, we don't charge.
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