Close Reading New Media

Leonardo Digital published a review of a book of hypertext theory entitled, “ Close Reading New Media: Analyzing Electronic Media” The book applies a method of close analysis to new media. The review describes the book.

The book is actually a collection of nine essays divided into three sections––Hypertext, Internet Text, and Cybertext––with each section containing three essays. And so, in the first section, one finds analyses of Strickland’s True North, Shelley Jackson’s Patchwork Girl, and M. D. Coverley’s Califia. Section two offers essays on Geoff Ryman’s 253 and Rick Pryll’s Lies, Raymond Federman and Anne Burdick’s Eating Books, and another on Ryman’s 253. The final section focuses on Darren Aronofsky’s website for his film, Requiem for a Dream; the interface for ebr (electronic book review); and the theoretical views underlying Grammatron by its author Mark Amerika.

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• the art, science and technology journal Leonardo;
• the Leonardo Music Journal;
• the Leonardo Book Series;
• the electronic journal,
• Leonardo Electronic Almanac;
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