Michael Joyce (b. 1945) is a professor of English at Vassar College. He is also an important author and critic of hypertext fiction and electronic literature. Joyce's "afternoon: a story", 1986, was among the first literary hypertexts to present itself as undeniably serious literature, and experimented with the short-story form in novel ways. It was created with the then-new Storyspace software, … Wikipedia
Joyce's shorter hyperfictions include "WOE", "Lucy's Sister", "Reach" and "Lasting Image" (with Carolyn Guyer) published by Eastgate as well. www.eastgate.com/people/Joyce.html
Joyce’s first hyper-novel, afternoon: a story (Eastgate Systems), was called "the granddaddy of hypertext fictions" ( New York Times ) and an "arresting, intricate, delicately contoured prose sculpture" ( Washington Post ). His widely reviewed first nove www.pifmagazine.com/vol32/i_m_joyce.shtml
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