Rebooting Electronic Literature Volume 3: Documenting Pre-Web Born Digital Media

A Reading of Stuart Moulthrop's "Victory Garden"

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Reader 1 Traversal of Stuart Moulthrop's Victory Garden

Pat Kutkey experiments with ways to navigate the environment of Victory Garden, such as hitting the RETURN key, utilizing what are known as the "Tinker Bell" keys, and clicking the book icon to identify hyperlinks. Kutkey decides to follow the linear progression of the work to its conclusion. He notes how the narrative becomes "dreamlike" towards the end due to its jumbled texts, in contrast to the otherwise clear story he had been following up until that point.
 

Reader 2 Traversal of Stuart Moulthrop's Victory Garden

Sean Philbrook summarizes his traversal of Victory Garden, highlighting the structure of the hypertext. For instance, the hypertext contains several recurring characters whose lives intersect throughout the narrative. There are also several variations of key story elements, such as the different versions of a letter written by a scientist to Emily.

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