- CD-ROM: 300 pages
- Publisher: Eastgate Systems Inc; Cdr edition (January 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1884511236
- ISBN-13: 978-1884511233
- Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 12.4 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 68 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #609,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A cult hit." -- Village Voice
"Clear, bold stories that the reader follows avidly." -- The Independent (London)
"Perhaps the true paradigmatic work of the era." -- Robert Coover
"Clear, bold stories that the reader follows avidly." -- The Independent (London)
"Perhaps the true paradigmatic work of the era." -- Robert Coover
Book Description
CD for Macintosh and Windows. The acclaimed hypertext re-working of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, now in its 6th printing!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic!,
By Paul B. "Critic" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Patchwork Girl (CD-ROM)
Patchwork Girl is great hypertext and a great novel. It picks up the monstrous body/monstrous text idea from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and really explores monstrosity in all its various forms. Certainly one way that Patchwork Girl is monstrous has to do with technology (big surprise there)--it takes hours just to figure out how to read the novel. But that's deliberate--unlike a novel, Patchwork Girl isn't designed to be comfortable but to shock. It's not violent or pornographic, though, and it's intensely beautiful and subtly comic throughout. It's not at all readable in the normal sense--you just wander through it at your own pace, never knowing how much of it you've read, always getting more out of it. And the writing is beautiful--you might expect the gimmicky technology to take precedence, but it never does. And the bathroom scene--just keep meandering until you et to the bathroom scene, and you'll see why I'm so enthusiastic.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great read,
By depthfunction "depthfunction" (St. Louis, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Patchwork Girl (CD-ROM)
Michael Joyce and his "Afternoon" may get all the recognition for his work in hypertext literature, but there are many other important writers out there working in this new medium. One of them is Shelley Jackson, and her take on the Frankenstein myth is outstanding. For my money, Jackson has Joyce's novel beat in every way. Jackson does require that you have read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, first, however, but beyond that, Jackson's book is very engaging and easy to follow. If you want to find out what this "hypertext literature" is all about, this is as good a place as any to start.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Marvelous!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Patchwork Girl (CD-ROM)
In this story of the monster Mary Shelley only wished she'd created, Jackson's voice is pitch-perfect and her illustrations are terrific. The hypertextual format is completely appropriate to the fiction's broader subject, but this sophistication is subtle and never overwhelms Jackson's good old-fashioned storytelling. Unlike the mega-selling fiction that's just self-help masquerading as art, PG is not a boring, consolatory fiction. Jackson's lovely monster may not change your life -- only you can do that, after all -- but you'll never regret the time you spent with her, either.
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