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Jessica Pressman

American literary scholar of experimental and electronic literature and media theory; professor of English and comparative literature at San Diego State University; author of Digital Modernism and Bookishness.

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Twelve BlueBook Michael Joyce

recommended

Twelve Blue is by Michael Joyce, who is the author of afternoon , called ‘the grandfather of hypertext’.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Electronic Literature

2009-06-18·fivebooks.com ↗

House of LeavesBook Mark Z. Danielewski

recommended

So there’s an accompanying website published at the same time as the novel (the House of Leaves bulletin board is a massive website that continues to receive thousands of hits and discussions in their forum, which is amazing for a literary print book published nine years ago); and then there’s another print book that was also published simultaneously that contains and expands upon the epistolary section between the protagonist and his mother.

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Electronic Literature

2009-06-18·fivebooks.com ↗

The Raw Shark TextsBook Steven Hall

recommended

I don’t think it’s as sophisticated or as ambitious, but it is interesting and very fun – so that people who like House of Leaves will also like The Raw Shark Texts .

Five Books interview: the best books on The Best Electronic Literature

2009-06-18·fivebooks.com ↗

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