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Re: [Storyspace] hypertext novel ?

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From: Rye Senjen
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 22:18
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> 	Storyspace, written for the Macintosh,
> allows the writer to invent an extraordinary
> number of lines and to connect them in weird and
> multifarious ways.  One word or phrase or
> graphical element can lead to any number of
> others; one "space"--a kind of window in the text
> that is to Storyspace what the paragraph is to
> print text--can lead to any number of others. 
> The reader's choices are both enabled and
> circumscribed as the author chooses:  I might
> allow only one connection between spaces, I might
> force you to choose among many; I might not allow
> you to see certain spaces until you have read
> others (this is done through a cute piece of
> technique called a "guard field" that allows
> access to a given space only when specified
> criteria have been met).  I can present you a
> two-dimensional map of all spaces and allow you
> to choose among them at your whim.  
> *****
> [end of excerpt]

I felt rather inspired by Tom's posting on hypertext
prose and would like to play with a good one.

My experience so far with hypertext text (educational stuff mainly)
has been more one of boredom and annoyance. Is there anything
interesting availbable that I could ftp ???? Anybody know if there
is hypertext software availble for the sun??? 

r.senjen@trl.oz.au
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