Have you ever wondered what a character in a print novel was talking about when they mentioned something in the past? Or some idea that you don’t really understand? Well, this is what hypertext fiction can help you with. It gives you extra information on a character, an idea, or a brief glimpse of the past. Its like when a person reads JK Rowling’s Harry Potter on an e-book: if the reader does not understand what happened in Harry Potter’s past that is brought up in a conversation, then the word “past” can be a hyperlink that can be clicked on to bring the reader a small synopsis of what happened in his past.
An essay, “Why the Book’s Future Never Happened” by Paul LaFarge, discusses how hypertext fiction was not popular even now when our society have iPads, kindles, and nooks. He describes in detail what hypertext fiction is and why it is in a rough place right now. He questions, what if hypertext fiction does not prove to be as popular or become the most dominant medium in the future as it is expected to be? Even though it started on a bad foot, he still believes, "the promise of hypertext fiction is worth pursuing" (LaFarge 3).
An essay, “Why the Book’s Future Never Happened” by Paul LaFarge, discusses how hypertext fiction was not popular even now when our society have iPads, kindles, and nooks. He describes in detail what hypertext fiction is and why it is in a rough place right now. He questions, what if hypertext fiction does not prove to be as popular or become the most dominant medium in the future as it is expected to be? Even though it started on a bad foot, he still believes, "the promise of hypertext fiction is worth pursuing" (LaFarge 3).