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Information about “EVERGLADE”
Programming as a performance art? Experimental computer composition?
EVERGLADE is the first work of hypertext poetry ever written, the
creation of an internationally recognized poet -- author of five books
of poetry and a forthcoming novel -- who designed and coded his own
display program in order to achieve the optimal combination of speed,
beauty, and friendliness.
Unlike help systems and knowledge bases (what hypertext is usually used
for) in this work, the hypertext links are full of magic and humor,
enticing the reader to explore for the sheer enjoyment of it. Reading
EVERGLADE is like opening door after door in an endlessly intriguing
mansion. The poetry was written over a period of four months in the
spring and summer of 1989, using a technique that gave the poet the same
freedom to explore that hypertext gives the reader.
Starting from the idea of hypertext -- the world of choices before us
and what happens when we choose -- the poem moves first into the past,
memories of childhood, adolescence and hippiedom, marriage, children,
discoveries of oneself and of community. Here and there we meet other
people, explorers like ourselves, and the stories they tell draw us onto
the paths of their lives into the present and the future.
The author, Rod Willmot, is one of the first innovators to recognize the
creative potential of hypertext and the art of hypermedia.
FILE1901.TXT
Disk No: 1901
Disk Title: EVERGLADE
PC-SIG Version: S2.0
Program Title: EVERGLADE
Author Version: 2.3
Author Registration: $10.00
Special Requirements: None.
Programming as a performance art? Experimental computer composition?
EVERGLADE is the first work of hypertext poetry ever written, the
creation of an internationally recognized poet -- author of five books
of poetry and a forthcoming novel -- who designed and coded his own
display program in order to achieve the optimal combination of speed,
beauty, and friendliness.
Unlike help systems and knowledge bases (what hypertext is usually used
for) in this work, the hypertext links are full of magic and humor,
enticing the reader to explore for the sheer enjoyment of it. Reading
EVERGLADE is like opening door after door in an endlessly intriguing
mansion. The poetry was written over a period of four months in the
spring and summer of 1989, using a technique that gave the poet the same
freedom to explore that hypertext gives the reader.
Starting from the idea of hypertext -- the world of choices before us
and what happens when we choose -- the poem moves first into the past,
memories of childhood, adolescence and hippiedom, marriage, children,
discoveries of oneself and of community. Here and there we meet other
people, explorers like ourselves, and the stories they tell draw us onto
the paths of their lives into the present and the future.
The author, Rod Willmot, is one of the first innovators to recognize the
creative potential of hypertext and the art of hypermedia.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO1.TXT
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║ <<<< PC-SIG Disk #1901 EVERGLADE >>>> ║
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║ To print documentation, type: COPY README PRN (press Enter) ║
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║ To start EVERGLADE, type: GO (press Enter) ║
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║ Copyright 1990, PC-SIG, Inc. ║
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Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1901
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
README 5559 8-23-90 1:56p
GO BAT 61 7-16-90 1:26a
EVRGLADE EXE 68761 8-17-90 11:23a
EVRGLADE HTX 57657 1-24-90 4:01p
GO1 BAT 41 1-01-80 5:55a
FILE1901 TXT 2887 9-07-90 2:08p
GO1 TXT 1002 1-01-80 6:00a
7 file(s) 135968 bytes
22528 bytes free