STORYSPACE: So Much for Unique
This was interesting, and sobering in that even my personal approach to hypertext has already been termed:
Moulthrop terms hypertexts robotic when the logic of the hypertext, not reader choice, tends to dictate the course of a reading [58]. Robotic tangles like Mary-Kim Arnold’s "Lust" [4] combine complex dynamic structure, rich in broken cycles and other structural cues, with a dearth of interactive choice. This structure serves to entice the reader while frustrating the quest for release and resolution. (Patterns, Bernstein)
Of course when you’re new to a medium that’s already a decade old, you’re not only going to find something’s been done before, you’re going to be grateful for it. "Lust" is likely a planned use of maneuvers that works well. My own sense of structure (as evidenced by my ‘proud’ display of Mapview and Treeview) reveals itself to be more of a dictatorship.
But I’m learning…
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology