I have tried rereading Siren Shapes three times now and still do not understand the 'arrow' and truck story (pages 622-623 in the NMR). I think I understand the overall concept here about hypertext by association, in linking certain events together and how Les here links the trunk in his story, making it some sort of arrow to the other part of the ( Read more... )

After an hour and half of "Twelve Blue" I decided I would never reach 'The End' and settled for some mushy, allegorical speech about water and life. I constantly found myself on the same pages and yelling "I've already read this part!" Perhaps my linear mind is not yet meant to grasp the joys of hypertext fiction ( Read more... )