City of Bits: Space, Place and the Infobahn
"Entertaining, concise, and relentlessly probing, City of Bits is a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, a largely invisible but increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the emerging information superhighway. William Mitchell makes extensive use of concrete, practical examples and illustrations in a technically well-grounded yet accessible examination of architecture and urbanism in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution, the ongoing miniaturization of electronics, the commodification of bits, and the growing domination of software over materialized form."
In seven chapters - Pulling Glass, Electronic Agoras, Cyborg Citizens, Recombinant Architecture, Soft Cities, Bit Biz, and Getting to the Good Bits - Mitchell argues that the crucial issue before us is not one of putting in place the digital plumbing of telecommunications links and associated electronic appliances, nor even of producing content for electronic delivery, but rather one of creating electronically mediated environments for the kinds of lives that we want to lead.
the the best hypertext site on the Web, complete with samples of hypertext fictions. The site was designed and executed by B*I*G. The Baltimore Interactive Group designs Web sites when its members can find the time.
The Electronic Labyrinth is a study of hypertext technology, providing a guide to this rapidly growing field. We are most concerned with the implications of this medium for creative writers looking to move beyond traditional notions of linearity and univocity.
Homer to Home-Page: Designing Digital Books. William J. Mitchell.
Mitchell discusses the composition of his on-line "book": The City of Lights.
Hypertext Fiction From Eastgate
An important and ambitious hypertext on ancient Greek literature, art, and civilization.
VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE Web Page for Humanities Research
The Voice of the Shuttle was woven by Alan Liu; new links are added every few days.