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Electronic Literature

The Ancient Wisdom Home Page

http://www.primenet.com/~subru/Ancient_wisdom.html

An eclectic compilation of writings taken from ancient and contemporary authors on various facets of the Universal Wisdom Teaching—both Eastern and Western traditions.

Baker Street Connection

http://www.citsoft.com/holmes.html

Contains the texts of the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories. Also includes scans of illustrations from Holmes books, and a canon word search feature.

BerryWorks

http://www.speakeasy.org/berry/

Short pieces of fiction, poetry, and other writings by contemporary author Don Berry.

The Citadell of Riva

http://linnea.asogy.stockholm.se/~mp95askm/David_Eddings/

Provides a biography of writer David Eddings, scans of artwork, and links to other pages. Also contains some excerpts from some of Eddings' works.

The Commonplace Book

http://sunsite.unc.edu/ibic/Commonplace-Book.html

Traditionally, a "commonplace book" is a place to put notable passages people find in their reading to memorialize those ideas. This page is an electronic version of one of those books made by a variety of readers.

The Electronic Labyrinth

http://www.ualberta.ca/~ckeep/elab.html

Home to hypertext in literature, there are links to articles, e-texts, and other resources concerning hypertext in the area of writing. Essays by important authors are also present and link to other related articles.

The Electronic Library

http://www.books.com/scripts/lib.exe

This virtual library is available for the free dissemination of e-texts by thousands of different authors. There is a nice search engine that is available to find anything present in the "stacks."

Great Books of Western Civilization

http://www.ilinks.net/~lnoles/grtbks.html

A self-study sort of course that should give the reader a well-rounded liberal education. The interesting twist on this, however, is that the books in the course are online (for the most part—some would infringe on copyrights).

Gutter Press

http://www.io.org/~gutter/

Provides radical literature and fiction to the reader of new or dangerous fiction. Provides links to other small presses, quarterly publications, and new and existing titles and authors.

The Hardieboy Web Site

http://members.aol.com/hardieboy

A venue for unpublished writers and poets to show their talent. A place for literary agents and publishers to find talent. A place for browsers to browse.

HyperLiterature/HyperTheory

http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hthl/HyperLit_Home.html

HyperLiterature/HyperTheory has an annotated bibliography, some readings, and some works by students who are studying this exciting new field.

The Lost World (Randomhouse)

http://www.randomhouse.com/site/lostworld

A page maintained by the publisher, devoted to the Jurassic Park sequel. Contains ordering info, excerpts. Also contains links to other sites' articles on such subjects as dinosaurs, electric/hybrid vehicles, and chaos theory.

The Martian Chronicles Study Guide

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/science_fiction/martian_chronicles.html

Maintained by Washington State University, this is a useful page for those wishing to study and critique Bradbury's writing style.

Online Books FAQ

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/bookfaq.html

A Frequently Asked Question list concerning the availability of online works, with links to archives and other directories, and information about public domain laws.

Ryer Reading Room

http://members.aol.com/mryer/

Electronic literature, some previously published, now for free. Poetry by Milly Ryer, short stories by Molly Ryer, humor by Rufus Jarman, a new mystery in serial by Marion Ryer, novels by Anne Silleck. Updated on the first of the month.

TeleRead

http://www.clark.net/pub/rothman/telhome.html

A project to bring books and reading to everyone. It includes articles, links, and papers written by scholars in support of electronic publishing.

Tree Fiction on the World Wide Web

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/gdr11/tree-fiction.html

Gareth Rees's paper concerning hypertext and the World Wide Web presents differing ideas about the use of hypertext in today's literature. He even offers that certain games are a form of hypertext; in fact, he maintains that these are the most interactive type.