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Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace
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Author: Janet H. Murray
List Price: $21.95
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ISBN: 0262631873
Publisher: MIT Press (27 August, 1998)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 17,988
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 5 out of 5
playing with Story in cyberspace
janet murray's book is a seminal work for anyone interested in what story, entertainment is going to look like in cyberspace.imagine if you were alive in 1889 when the movie camera and project were invented. it was not immediately obvious that this new invention would play any role in the world of story, entertainment. it wasn't until the teens of the 20th century that dw griffith developed a language of story on film... and not until the early 20's until the movie theatre with pop corn came upon the scene. we are at a similar place with the new technologies of digitalness, cbyberspace, interactivity, etc.... as humans were with the movie technology over 100 years ago. janet murray's book gives us the thinking of the best minds at the MIT Media lab as to what might be going on here. a great book...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Take a spin into the midst of the future
Some may find this terse, warmly witty, and tidy treatise about "whither literature in the world of CyberSpace" as just too esoteric to read. Stop. This is not a book grieving over the lost art of words and writing that nurtures the lives of all readers. This wise book is a guide to the possibilites that elude pessimists wary of the ultimate effects of the computer on this century. Relax, discover the possibilites about which you've never dreamed, and let Murray tell you some stories in the mode of the future. For writers, for teachers....but also for the committed readers. Enjoy!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Superb look at the structures of digital storytelling
Great book that gives an thorough account of the structures that are given by the format of the digital media. You not only learn to analyse how digital storytelling works but also how it could and should migrate from the status quo to elevate itself onto the next literary level. To anybody who is interested in digital storytelling I recommend this book with all my heart.
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