Don't Eat the Yellow Hypertext: Notes on Figurski at Findhorn on Acid
"Don't Eat the Yellow Hypertext: Notes on Figurski at Findhorn on Acid" is a personal essay by Richard Holeton that describes the creative process behind the acclaimed hypertext novel Figurski at Findhorn on Acid.
In 1996, Holeton took part in Robert Kendell's online writing class on "Hypertext Poetry and Fiction" at the The New School for Social Research. The first draft of Figurski at Findhorn on Acid was produced as his class project. Holeton continued to refine the novel over the next five years, releasing the first full version through Eastgate publishers in 2001.
Holeton's essay was published online as a supplement to Robert Kendell's article "Minding the Frontier: Teaching Hypertext Poetry and Fiction Online," which appeared in the Kiaros special issue on Computers and Writing in 1998. In the article, Kendell cites Holeton as one of those students who felt at home working in the hypertext form because he treated it as a "natural outgrowth of the way [he has] already been reading and writing" (Kendall online).
Holeton's essay offers many insights into the production of the iconic hypertext work, including the history of the various drafts and an outline of the planned structure. The essay is, itself, a hypertext work, with a clickable table of contents and numerous links that offer supplementary information and make connections between subjects.
Works Cited
Holeton, Richard, "Don't Eat the Yellow Hypertext: Notes on Figurski at Findhorn on Acid" Kairos, vol. 3, no. 2, 1998, http://technorhetoric.net/3.2/response/Kendall/holeton/. Accessed 29 Oct. 2019.
Kendall, Robert, "Minding the Frontier: Teaching Hypertext Poetry and Fiction Online" Kairos, vol. 3, no. 2, 1998, http://technorhetoric.net/3.2/binder.html?response/Kendall/Kendall.html. Accessed 29 Oct. 2019.
