"Mary-Kim Arnold's Lust is a watershed of short hypertext fiction, not least because Arnold demonstrates that recurrence -- once thought a large-scale technique best suited to vast narratives like Moulthrop's Victory Garden -- can drive even a tiny hypertext.
Each node in Lust is a tableau, a frozen moment. Prominent in almost every node are the same figures: the man, the woman, the child, the knife. Each node is static; the incredible tension built between the nodes is heightened (not diminished) by recurrence. The action must resolve itself; the action cannot be resolved. -- Eastgate Systems, Inc.
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Published in 1993 by Eastgate Systems, Inc..
Rob Swigart gave the materials for this work to Dene Grigar in July of 2022.
PUBLICATION TYPE
E-lit Object
COPY MEDIA FORMAT
3.5-inch Floppy Disk
The Richard Holeton Collection
Published in 1993 by Eastgate Systems, Inc..
This copy is in the original bundled folio. This copy was given to the Electronic Literature Lab by Richard Holeton in Spring 2019.
PUBLICATION TYPE
E-lit Object
COPY MEDIA FORMAT
3.5-inch Floppy
An unpublished copy.
This copy is bundled with Yellowlees' "Lust" on a generic floppy disk that features the apple logo. The disk is labeled with the titles of the two works and the text "(for Windows)." This copy was given to the Electronic Literature Lab by Sarah Smith in October of 2017.