Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
21 used & new from £11.61

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Tell a Friend
Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction
 
 

Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction (Hardcover)

by N Montfort (Author) "It was strange enough that a reading of "electronic literature" was going on at the Boston Public Library that evening of April 25, 2001 ..." (more)
No customer reviews yet. Be the first.
Price: £21.95 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
Usually dispatched within 7 to 11 days.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

21 used & new available from £11.61
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Paperback (New edition) £10.95 £10.95 22 used & new from £4.75
 
   

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with Interactive Storytelling: Techniques for 21st Century Fiction by Andrew S. Glassner

Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction Interactive Storytelling: Techniques for 21st Century Fiction
Price For Both: £45.45

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Interactive Storytelling: Techniques for 21st Century Fiction

Interactive Storytelling: Techniques for 21st Century Fiction by Andrew S. Glassner

£23.50
Narrative as Virtual Reality: Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society)

Narrative as Virtual Reality: Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) by Ryan

5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £15.68
First Person: New Media as Story, Performance and Game

First Person: New Media as Story, Performance and Game by N WardripFruin

£14.20
Second Person: Role Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media

Second Person: Role Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media by P Harrigan

£25.49
Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace by Janet H. Murray

5.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £16.10
Explore similar items : Books (41) DVD (3) PC & Video Games (3) Electronics & Photo (1)

Product details


Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

 (What is this?)
Interactive Whiteboards
www.belainteractive.com    Promethean, Smartboard Interactive Whiteboard,Bundle Deals 

Product Description

Synopsis
Interactive fiction - the best-known form of which is the text game or text adventure - has not received as much critical attention as have such other forms of electronic literature as hypertext fiction and the conversational programs known as chatterbots. Twisty Little Passages (the title refers to a maze in Adventure, the first interactive fiction) is the first book-length consideration of this form, examining it from gaming and literary perspectives. Nick Montfort, an interactive fiction author himself, offers both aficionados and first-time users a way to approach interactive fiction that will lead to a more pleasurable and meaningful experience of it. Twisty Little Passages looks at interactive fiction beginning with its most important literary ancestor, the riddle. Montfort then discusses Adventure and its precursors (including the I Ching and Dungeons and Dragons), and follows this with an examination of mainframe text games developed in response, focusing on the most influential work of that era, Zork. He then considers the introduction of commercial interactive fiction for home computers, particularly that produced by Infocom.

Commercial works inspired an independent reaction, and Montfort describes the emergence of independent creators and the development of an online interactive fiction community in the 1990s. Finally, he considers the influence of interactive fiction on other literary and gaming forms. With Twisty Little Passages Nick Montfort places interactive fiction in its computational and literary contexts, opening up this still-developing form to new consideration.


Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
It was strange enough that a reading of "electronic literature" was going on at the Boston Public Library that evening of April 25, 2001. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Tag this product

 ( What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
Search Products Tagged with