Commercial works inspired an independent reaction, and Montfort describes the emergence of independent creators and the development of an online interactive fiction community in the 1990s. Finally, he considers the influence of interactive fiction on other literary and gaming forms.

A penetrating look at the way in which experts, policy-makers and the media have dealt with the crisis in Iran and the Middle East. With examples, Said demonstrates that the government-business establishment has produced a portrait of Islam and Muslims based on ignorance, inaccuracy and prejudice.

This text examines the implications of hypertextual reading for contemporary literary theory. It explores hypertext's potential for true democratization; the relation of hypertext and political power; and what hypertext implies for philosophy and philosophical discourse.

Is there a significant difference in attitude between immersion in a game and immersion in a movie or novel? The author demonstrates in this book that the questions raised by new, interactive technologies have their precursors and echoes in pre-electronic literary and artistic traditions.

Deriving its title and outlook from Samuel Butler's 1863 essay Darwin Among the Machines , this study observes the origins of miniaturization, self-reproduction, and telecommunication among machines. Dyson chronicles telecommunications and computers, and explores what lies beyond.