Examples of Hyperliterature
17776: What football will look like in the future by Jon Bois — SB Nation
A serial piece about space probes in the far future that have gained sentience and are watching humanity play an evolved form of American football. GIFs, animations, and found digital media galore.
Adrien Brody by Marie Calloway
An account of the author’s romantic relationship with a married journalist, Adrien Brody. Told via emails, texts, and other exchanges.
Breathe by Kate Pullinger
A ghost story in tap format that uses the phone’s location, camera, and other metadata to affect the plot.
Fish: a tap essay by Robin Sloan
An essay presented via quick taps. Even though this is a mobile app, the medium itself could be easily ported to web. Wonderful use of typography and colors.
Harmonia by Liza Daly
A story about utopian ideals utilizing gorgeous marginalia, typefaces, and interactions. The author has open sourced the framework used to build the narrative.
Homestuck by Andrew Hussie
A sprawling webcomic about a group of teenagers that bring about the end of the world. It incorporates ecletic elements like chat logs and animated GIFs.
Hot Spot by James Yu
My own piece about synesthesia and the simulation theory. As you scroll, you experience colors in words similar to the main character of the story.
The Interface Series by _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9 — Reddit
A horror science fiction story written across disjoint Reddit comments.
STET by Sarah Gailey — Fireside Fiction
A story about autonomous vehicles and the trolley problem told through comments on a digital document.
You Are Here by Bogi Takács — Strange Horizons
A poem which reconstructs itself into a new poem using the same words.
Notes:
Folksonomies: new media hyperliterature
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Hyperliterature