Comments on: Digital Storytelling Festival 2004 http://grandtextauto.org/2004/03/21/digital-storytelling-festival-2004/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: andrew http://grandtextauto.org/2004/03/21/digital-storytelling-festival-2004/comment-page-1/#comment-67189 andrew Sat, 23 Jul 2005 01:20:01 +0000 /?p=273#comment-67189 Are you looking for books for children (since your signature says "Childrens Room")? For non-children readers, here are some great books that I'd recommend starting with for general coverage of digital / interactive story: Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace, by Janet Murray, 1997 Computers as Theatre, by Brenda Laurel, 1991 First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game, eds. Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Pat Harrigan, 2004 Twisty Little Passages, by Nick Montfort, 2003 Rules of Play, by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, 2003 Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community, by Joe Lambert, 2002 These are indispensable in general: Understanding Comics, and Reinventing Comics, by Scott McCloud, 1994 More to look into, the latter four leaning towards an academic audience: Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling, by Chris Crawford, 2004 Interactive Storytelling, by Andrew Glassner, 2004 Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative, 2002 Cybertext, Espen Aarseth, 1997 Writing Space, Jay Bolter, 1991 Narrative as Virtual Reality, Marie-Laure Ryan, 2001 Narrative Intelligence, eds. Michael Mateas and Phoebe Sengers, 2003 Are you looking for books for children (since your signature says “Childrens Room”)?

For non-children readers, here are some great books that I’d recommend starting with for general coverage of digital / interactive story:

Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace, by Janet Murray, 1997
Computers as Theatre, by Brenda Laurel, 1991
First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game, eds. Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Pat Harrigan, 2004
Twisty Little Passages, by Nick Montfort, 2003
Rules of Play, by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, 2003
Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community, by Joe Lambert, 2002

These are indispensable in general:
Understanding Comics, and Reinventing Comics, by Scott McCloud, 1994

More to look into, the latter four leaning towards an academic audience:

Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling, by Chris Crawford, 2004
Interactive Storytelling, by Andrew Glassner, 2004
Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative, 2002
Cybertext, Espen Aarseth, 1997
Writing Space, Jay Bolter, 1991
Narrative as Virtual Reality, Marie-Laure Ryan, 2001
Narrative Intelligence, eds. Michael Mateas and Phoebe Sengers, 2003

]]> By: Luz Culp http://grandtextauto.org/2004/03/21/digital-storytelling-festival-2004/comment-page-1/#comment-67188 Luz Culp Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:52:36 +0000 /?p=273#comment-67188 Hello! Could you recommend books on digital storytelling that we could purchase for our library? --Luz Culp, Library Assistant Children's Room - San Diego Public Library Hello!
Could you recommend books on digital storytelling that we could purchase for our library?
–Luz Culp, Library Assistant
Children’s Room – San Diego Public Library

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