Re: ANNOUNCE: Patchwork Girl (hypertext fiction)


21 Nov 1995 10:55:43 GMT

Mark Bernstein (Bernstein@eastgate.com) wrote:
: Eastgate Systems is delighted to announce PATCHWORK GIRL, an important new
: hypertext novel by Shelley Jackson.

Important, adj: We can make money out of anything vaguely arty that we call
'important'. See also, 'social relevance'.

: A graveyard, a journal, a quilt, a story: Shelley Jackon's PATCHWORK GIRL
: is among the most eagerly-awaited hypertexts of the year. Jackson weaves

There are more than one?

: aspects of the Frankenstein tale, graphic novels, feminist meditation, and
: pure storytelling into a riveting and utterly original work.

Well, I hope it's utterly original, otherwise they're selling someone else's
stuff. What's feminist meditation, specifically?

: From the innocence of Dorothy and Frankenstein to the
: duplicitous inner workings of seances and circuses,
: PATCHWORK GIRL keeps you on the edge of your computer...
: a stunning dance of merging and dissolution, held
: strong by a genuine storyteller's voice.
: -- Deena Larsen, author of MARBLE SPRINGS

Universal translator: The writing is good.

: A cyborg song of communion and reunion....
: Hypertext's next step....Patchwork Girl is spectacular in every
: sense, from RayBan to Debordian to Cirque du Soleil....This is
: a work of dream and desire and defying boundaries, an electronic
: collage, a theatre of windows, and a cyborg song of communion and
: reuinion." -- Michael Joyce, author of AFTERNOON, A STORY

Universal translator: I liked it as well, but my copy was free.

: Editions of PATCHWORK GIRL are available for Macintosh and for Windows
: computers, at $19.95. ISBN 1-884511-23-6.

The rest of you are out of luck, of course.

: A self-described "student of the art of digression," Shelley Jackson holds
(Hardly ever gets to the point)
: an A.B. in studio art from Stanford University and an M.F.A. in creative
: writing from Brown University. Her work has appeared in *Degenerative
: Prose* and various journals, including *Conjunctions*. She has written
: and illustrated a childrenšs book, The Old Woman and the Wave, is
: forthcoming from Orchard Books.

: Eastgate Systems publishes fine hypertexts, both fiction and non-fiction,
: and hypertext tools for serious writers.

But then, we'd say that even if some of them weren't up to par. Does anyone
ever describe their products as sub-standard?

Dancer smiles, "Hi, I'm Dancer. Some of you may remember my impressive range
of below average 'What IF', Interactive Fiction games from the late 70's and
early 80's."

Sorry guys. Couldn't resist.

Dancer
PS: The games _did_ sell rather well, though. No longer really possible now,
I don't think.