The Personalization of Complexity

"The Personalization of Complexity explores the ways in which each of our personal computers have become idiosyncratic, individualized entities, only sometimes manageable by the owners. Threaded voices question issues of error, malfunction, and intricacy, suggesting that our 'user-friendly' appliances are neither universal, simple, nor standard -- nor even particularly friendly, any more." -- from The Personalization of Complexity, Introduction

"Marjorie Coverley Luesebrink, MFA (M.D. Coverley) writes electronic hypermedia fiction and non-fiction. Her interest in hypertext fiction and web hypermedia dates to 1995, when she published 'The Virtual Mausoleum,' one of the early web narratives. Her full-length novel, Califia, is available on CD-ROM from Eastgate Systems. Her web short stories and poetry have appeared in Iowa Review Web, BeeHive, Alt-X, frAme, Riding the Meridian, Cauldron and Net, Salt Hill, New River, Enterzone, and Aileron. She curated the collection of women writing on the web with Carolyn Guertin, 'The Progressive Dinner Party' (Riding the Meridian, Spring 2000) and a survey of men in web hypermedia, 'Jumpin' at the Diner,' with Jennifer Ley in the Fall 2000 issue of Riding the Meridian. She is founding member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Literature Association." -- from frAme, Issue 5, 2001