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A venue for unpublished writers and poets to show their talent.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.