Hypertext

I really enjoyed looking through the various kinds of hypertext. I found it interesting that text could be manipulated using various areas of technology. Though I skimmed through most of the sources out of curiosity, I have to say that the two which I focused on were the fairytales and the blog of Bernice Bobs her Hair. While I did enjoy the fairy-tales, I did not enjoy that the amount of control which the reader could exert over the story was so limited. It seemed like it was trying to mimic the feel of choose-your-own-adventure books, but the choices it gave were very limited. I also did not enjoy the fact that there was no happy ending available for the character. While I (admittedly) did not read every word of the Bernice blog, I did enjoy the uniqueness of it. I liked the fact that it was set up in such a realistic fashion, with her friends added to the blog as if they were "following" her as she wrote.

Dark Art

In Dark Art, I enjoyed how the book actually gives us the physical evidence so that we can follow along with the detectives and attempt to figure out the mystery ourselves. From credit cards, to voicemails and blogs, the book is extremely interactive and tactile. My favorite mystery within the book was how he psychologically impaired his sight making himself temporarily blind. Within this book, the brain and mental health take a huge role. It is quite intriguing how everyones mental state contributes to the direction of the story.

House of Leaves

This book is very different from what we have read before. This does not have any pictures as the other books do. In stead of using photos, it uses different fonts of text to express different things. The first few pages, the sentenses are very short. There are a lot of periods and I liked it because it is easy to read! Haha~ Also, some pages are all notes, some pages only have few lines and some only have one sentense.
Over all, although is it very confusing, it is still a very cool book to end this class!

Personal Effects

Dark Art was very interesting book. It was the most exciting book because of all the clues ID cards, paintings, pictures, etc. The extra clues helped you stay interested and interactive in the book and not to drift off not wanting to read anymore. Being able to call the numbers or explore the websites made me feel i was actually in this book it took it to another level of being apart of the story. this book was probably my favorite story from Multi Media Literature Class it was interesting compared to other stories we've read.

Hypertexts

The hypertext all differed greatly but all included, of course, the links that made it almost a mystery of reading. The first hypertext I read was in your place which was interesting because it was set up almost like a script and pages and the reader was instantly with in the characters mind, which I did not immediately get, but it was very interesting once realization took place. I also adored the fairytale especially because this fairy tale was not milked down, ruined, the way Disney continuously does to fairytales. It did cause me a little announce because there was a lot moving after reading very little. Technology, I don’t think, is advanced enough for this kind of story because one must wait 5 minutes for the next webpage to load.

House Of Talking Leaves

I find this book very confusing and challenging but I really do appreciate the creativity with in the different fonts, text set ups, and dialects. The pieces of the story make each character more personalized and interesting but I this also is what causes my frustration with in the reading. There continue to be movements on how you read and what you read and even where you read and there are changes with in the house. The characters are also confused which may display the brilliance of the writer, exemplifying his ability to hold all these different stories with in his head while also keeping changing in colors of words, fonts, and vernaculars. It remains difficult for me to keep up but Mark Z. Danielewski made it.

House of Leaves

Attempting to read and fully understand the book House of Leaves was more of a challenge than I thought it would be. I got caught up in trying to analyze the way it was set up more than what was actually going on in the story. I'm getting stuck in the maze of pages about the maze in the house. I have a hard time following the narrative voice because he isn't the clearest voice. Overall I'm frustrated with trying to read this book because it's set up so much differently than other normal books. It's a very interesting way to examine the text but it's a little too complicated for me.