NELSON, Ted. Literary Machines. Ann Arbor: XOC inc., 1981. Quarto, irregularly paginated. Second edition. Good + in illustrated paper wraps. Coffee stain to front wrapper and phone number inked onto rear wrapper; discreet previous ownership signature in ink on first page. Nelson, pioneer of information technology and coiner of the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia" (as well as the lesser known but far more interesting "teledildonics" - the future of haptic technology and exactly what it sounds like!), explains in depth the term "hypertext" as he intended it, and devotes considerable space to various aspects of his never-really-to-materialize Project Xanadu, an ideal, utopian, alternative Internet which has occupied Nelson since 1960. The format of the present book is unique in that, attempting to be a sort of textual hypertext, the sections can be read in a variety of orders.

• Category: History - Culture - Art - Philosophy - Literature
• Language: Deutsch
• Inventory number: 12302LB

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