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The Gernsback Continuum. " Johnny Mnemonic " is a science fiction short story by American-Canadian writer William Gibson. It first appeared in Omni magazine in May 1981, [1] and was subsequently included in Burning Chrome, a 1986 collection of Gibson's short fiction. It takes place in the world of Gibson's cyberpunk novels, predating them by ...
Electronic literature. Electronic literature or digital literature is a genre of literature where digital capabilities such as interactivity, multimodality or algorithmic text generation are used aesthetically. [1] Works of electronic literature are usually intended to be read on digital devices, such as computers, tablets, and mobile phones.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills ( TEKS) are the state standards for the US state of Texas public schools from kindergarten to year 12. [1] They detail the curriculum requirements for every course. State-mandated standardized tests measure acquisition of specific knowledge and skills outlined in this ...
v. t. e. The encyclopedic novel is a literary concept popularised by Edward Mendelson in two 1976 essays ("Encyclopedic Narrative" [1] and "Gravity's Encyclopedia" [2]) referring to a work of fiction with an exhaustive, encyclopedia -like scope and writing style. In Mendelson's formulation, encyclopedic novels "attempt to render the full range ...
An interactive adventure based on the novel by Jules Verne, it was nominated by TIME as their Game of the Year for 2014. 9:05 by Adam Cadre. It is commonly seen as an easy gateway for people to get involved with interactive fiction. 17776 by Jon Bois. It is a "serialized speculative fiction multimedia narrative."
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. [4] It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. [5] The novel follows in the viewpoint of Guy Montag, a fireman who soon becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge ...
Literary adaptation. Literary adaptation is adapting a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, stage play, or video game. It can also involve adapting the same literary work in the same genre or medium just for different purposes, e.g. to work with a smaller cast, in a smaller venue (or on ...
An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of letters between the fictional characters of a narrative. [1] The term is often extended to cover novels that intersperse documents of other kinds with the letters, most commonly diary entries and newspaper clippings, and sometimes considered to include novels composed of documents even if ...