Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

Murray, Janet H.

ISBN 10: 0262631873 / ISBN 13: 9780262631877

Published by The MIT Press, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262631873
• ISBN 13: 9780262631877
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Stories define how we think, play, and understand our lives. In this comprehensive and readable book—already a classic statement of the aesthetics of digital media, acclaimed by practitioners and theorists alike—Janet Murray shows how the computer is reshaping the stories we live by. Murray discusses the unique properties and pleasures of digital environments and connects them with the traditional satisfactions of narrative. She analyzes the dramatic satisfaction of participatory stories and considers what would be necessary to move interactive fiction from the formats of childish games and confusing labyrinths into a mature and compelling art form. Through a blend of imagination and techno-wizardry, Murray provides both readers and writers with a guide to the storytelling of the future.

About the Author

Janet H. Murray is Ivan Allen College Dean's Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the author of Inventing the Medium: Principles of Interaction Design as a Cultural Practice (MIT Press).