Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

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Janet H. Murray (Graduate Program in Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology)

Hamlet on the Holodeck

The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

Janet H. Murray (Graduate Program in Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology)

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MIT Press
07 April 2017

Creative writing & creative writing guides; Literary theory; Media studies; Digital lifestyle

Series: Hamlet on the Holodeck

"An updated edition of the classic book on digital storytelling, with a new introduction and expansive chapter commentaries.

I want to say to all the hacker-bards from every field-gamers, researchers, journalists, artists, programmers, scriptwriters, creators of authoring systems... please know that I wrote this book for you."" -Hamlet on the Holodeck, from the author's introduction to the updated edition

Janet Murray's Hamlet on the Holodeck was instantly influential and controversial when it was first published in 1997. Ahead of its time, it accurately predicted the rise of new genres of storytelling from the convergence of traditional media forms and computing. Taking the long view of artistic innovation over decades and even centuries, it remains forward-looking in its description of the development of new artistic traditions of practice, the growth of participatory audiences, and the realization of still-emerging technologies as consumer products. This updated edition of a book the New Yorker calls a ""cult classic"" offers a new introduction by Murray and chapter-by-chapter commentary relating Murray's predictions and enduring design insights to the most significant storytelling innovations of the past twenty years, from long-form television to artificial intelligence to virtual reality.

Murray identifies the powerful new set of expressive affordances that computing offers for the ancient human activity of storytelling and considers what would be necessary for interactive narrative to become a mature and compelling art form. Her argument met with some resistance from print loyalists and postmodern hypertext enthusiasts, and it provoked a foundational debate in the emerging field of game studies on the relationship between narrative and videogames. But since Hamlet on the Holodeck's publication, a practice that was largely speculative has been validated by academia, artistic practice, and the marketplace. In this substantially updated edition, Murray provides fresh examples of expressive digital storytelling and identifies new directions for narrative innovation."

By: Janet H. Murray (Graduate Program in Digital Media Georgia Institute of Technology)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: updated edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780262533485
ISBN 10: 0262533480
Series: Hamlet on the Holodeck
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 07 April 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Janet H. Murray is Ivan Allen College Dean's Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the author of Inventing the Medium- Principles of Interaction Design as a Cultural Practice (MIT Press).