Literary Machines 931

@book{citeulike:297995, author = {Nelson, Theodore H.}, citeulike-article-id = {297995}, comment = {Nelson's Literary Machines presents a vision of Project Xanadu, a ” hypermedia and hypertext system –a unique new kind of computer program.” The proposal is two-fold, ” a simple-to-understand electronic publishing system for the world, and a new technical way of simplifying and improving the world's data storage” (p. 2 of preface). Nelson's vision of publishing includes easy access to pieces on the web as well as the user's ability to make links, which s/he may be able to publish as well. Literary Machines, first published in 1981, prior to contemporary html and the development of the world-wide-web, presents to readers today an alternate vision of a more two-way mode of readership and authorship, as well as a substantively different relationship to capitalism with a design aimed towards automatic delivery of royalty to authors/publishers. The program promotes interconnectivity through what Nelson terms the link and the transclusion (the latter ” means that part of a document may be in several places –in other documents beside the original—without actually being copied there”(p.5 of preface). While Xanadu may not reach the success Nelson envisioned, the implications for textuality –specifically hypertextuality- and changing notions of 'what is an author' (see Foucault, 1969) are broad reaching and deserve careful consideration from scholars of new media.}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0893470627}, keywords = {computer, html, internet, mary-weaver, new-media, textuality, xanadu}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2005-08-19 01:42:52}, priority = {0}, publisher = {{Mindful Pr}}, title = {Literary Machines 931}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0893470627}, year = {1982} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:297995 L3 - citeulike-article-id:297995 SN - 0893470627 TI - Literary Machines 931 PB - {Mindful Pr} KW - computer KW - html KW - internet KW - mary-weaver KW - new-media KW - textuality KW - xanadu N1 - Nelson’s Literary Machines presents a vision of Project Xanadu, a “hypermedia and hypertext system –a unique new kind of computer program.” The proposal is two-fold, “a simple-to-understand electronic publishing system for the world, and a new technical way of simplifying and improving the world’s data storage” (p. 2 of preface). Nelson’s vision of publishing includes easy access to pieces on the web as well as the user’s ability to make links, which s/he may be able to publish as well. Literary Machines, first published in 1981, prior to contemporary html and the development of the world-wide-web, presents to readers today an alternate vision of a more two-way mode of readership and authorship, as well as a substantively different relationship to capitalism with a design aimed towards automatic delivery of royalty to authors/publishers. The program promotes interconnectivity through what Nelson terms the link and the transclusion (the latter “means that part of a document may be in several places –in other documents beside the original—without actually being copied there”(p.5 of preface). While Xanadu may not reach the success Nelson envisioned, the implications for textuality –specifically hypertextuality- and changing notions of ‘what is an author’ (see Foucault, 1969) are broad reaching and deserve careful consideration from scholars of new media. AU - Nelson, Theodore PY - 1982/07/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0893470627 ER -