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1. Robyn Miller

   Robyn Charles Miller (born August 6, 1966, in Dallas, Texas) is the co-founder of Cyan Worlds (originally Cyan) with brother Rand Miller. He served as co-designer of the popular computer game Myst, which held the title of best-selling computer game from its release in 1993 until the release of The Sims nine years later. He also co-directed and co-lead designed the sequel to Myst, Riven, which was the best-selling computer game of its year of release, 1997. Miller composed and performed the soundtracks to both games. He also acted in Myst, portraying one of the antagonists, Sirrus (with brother and Cyan-cofounder Rand appearing as Achenar and Atrus). He co-wrote the first Myst novel, The Book of Atrus.

   After the release of Riven, Miller left Cyan to pursue non-game interests, including films. He is the director of the 2013 film, The Immortal Augustus Gladstone.

   (Source: Wikipedia)

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 17.04.2014 - 15:39

2. Richard Powers

   Richard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.04.2014 - 05:57

3. Email Novel

   Brief definition and history of email novels.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.04.2014 - 06:02

4. Hoaxes

   Brief definition and history of digital hoaxes.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.04.2014 - 06:07

5. Benjamin J. Robertson

   Benjamin J. Robertson is an instructor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.04.2014 - 06:18

6. Julie Morel

   Julie Morel

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.04.2014 - 19:22

7. Engineering stories? A narratological approach to children’s book apps

   With the rise of smartphones and tablet pcs, children’s book apps have emerged as a new type of children’s media. While some of them are based on popular children’s books such as Mo Willems’ Pigeon books or Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, others were specifically designed as apps. This paper focuses on examining book apps under the aspects of implied user strategies and narrative structure. Using a narratological framework that also takes into account the unique characteristics of the medium, a terminology for the analysis of book apps will be sketched out. Furthermore, an exemplary analysis of iOS book apps for pre- and grade school children comes to the conclusion that, far from offering the child users room for individual creativity, a large number of apps rather train their users in following prescribed paths of reading.

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   Jill Walker Rettberg - 29.04.2014 - 06:24

8. Affordances of an App - A reading of The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

   In a relatively short time, apps have become highly popular as a platform for children’s fiction. The majority of media attention to these apps has focused on their technical features. There has been less focus on their aesthetic aspects, such as how interactive elements, visual-verbal arrangements and narration are interrelated. This article investigates how a reading of a «picturebook app» may differ from readings of the narratives found in printed books and movies. The discussion will be anchored in an analysis of the iPad app The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. This app, which is an adaptation of an animated short film, relates the story of a book lover who becomes the proprietor of a magical library.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 29.04.2014 - 06:26

9. Electronic Literature and Online Literary Databases: The PO.EX and ELMCIP Cases

   This essay reflects on the shift of user interaction operated by online literary archives and databases. One can easily recognize a change of scenery happening in the current networked world, given the way authors and general public produce, catalog, tag, access, research, analyze, preserve and share knowledge.
   In the field of electronic literature, the creation of several collaborative and open access databases attests this trend. For this purpose, I review two of them: the PO.EX Digital Archive of Portuguese Experimental Literature and the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base. My aim is to contribute to an informed view on how these online literary databases are shaped and are shaping the field: What is their scope? How do they operate? What kind of navigation and user input exists? Why should they really matter?
   Finally, I use these insights to develop some considerations concerning the relations between memory and archive, and different perspectives on electronic literature preservation.

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   Alvaro Seica - 14.05.2014 - 14:29

10. Eric Heisserer

    Eric Heisserer is an American film director and screenwriter.

    Jill Walker Rettberg - 14.05.2014 - 20:27

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