Interview with Sarah Smith's "King of Space"
Interview, Part 1
The interview with Sarah Smith starts off by declaring her past desire to write science fiction, referencing a couple of her influences - including Kathryn Kramer and fellow electronic literature writer Deena Larsen. After she finished writing a book, Mark Bernstein asked her to write something for him. This interaction led her to begin working on King of Space in 1988. Dr. Dene Grigar brings up the idea that Smith is among the unsung women heroes in the field of early electronic literature. Smith discusses the influences of quilting and collaging, and how collage art influenced her writing style. She also brings up the influence of choose-your-own-adventure books and how she desired to break the rule of consistency that often goes along with them, which is displayed through the notion of having characters within King of Space blending into each other. Dr. Grigar and Amber Strother begin to ask questions of her own regarding King of Space's ASCII art (which was done by Matthew Mattingly), the amount of lexias within the work (there are at least 317 total), and particular pathways within the story.
Interview, Part 2
The Q&A interview with Sarah Smith continues. Amber Strother asks questions regarding King of Space's many puzzles - including the ones where colors are to be chosen upon clicking on tabs with different words on each.
Interview, Part 3
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Interview, Part 5
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