tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post8990492520154445633..comments2022-11-11T04:13:56.292-08:00Comments on In a Strange Land: Literary Hypertext Rediscovered: A Different "Virtual World"Iggy Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-4329298205921086932011-04-20T03:40:03.024-07:002011-04-20T03:40:03.024-07:00I'm surprised Eno and Schmidt have not yet rel...I'm surprised Eno and Schmidt have not yet released the Oblique Strategies in an online environment. Maybe the cards are one of those RL "rares" that gain status by their obscurity?<br /><br />And yes, 14 years ago the Internet felt more like a frontier. Now it seems like a city with interesting neighborhoods, always in danger of gentrification by the yuppies, and surrounded by asteroid belts of banal suburbia, mega-malls, and office parks.<br /><br />Eno's "Another Green World" was often my explorer's companion.Iggy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-66611670185337070902011-04-19T19:57:21.197-07:002011-04-19T19:57:21.197-07:00*smile* I do recall this time, as I was learning H...*smile* I do recall this time, as I was learning HyperCard, hypertext, then SGML. I very much liked the early experiments; my own experiments with hypertext were a dream diary, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies and various philosophical excerpts. I envisioned Burrough's Naked Lunch in hypertext; that would have been the ultimate cut-up novel...Miso Susanowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628657533849686313noreply@blogger.com