Eastgate Systems
Encyclopedia
Eastgate Systems is a publisher and software company headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts
, which publishes hypertext
s by established authors with careers in print as well as by talented new authors. Eastgate is a pioneer in the hypertext publishing and electronic literature
and one of the best known publishers of hypertext fiction
, publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry hypertexts. Its software tools include: Storyspace
, a hypertext system created by Jay David Bolter
, Michael Joyce, and John B. Smith in which much early hypertext fiction
was written, and Tinderbox
, a tool for managing notes and information. Eastgate's chief scientist, Mark Bernstein, is a well-known figure in hypertext research, and has improved and extended Storyspace
as well as developing new hypertext software.
Watertown, Massachusetts
The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
, which publishes hypertext
Hypertext
Hypertext is text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence. Apart from running text, hypertext may contain tables, images and other presentational devices. Hypertext is the...
s by established authors with careers in print as well as by talented new authors. Eastgate is a pioneer in the hypertext publishing and electronic literature
Electronic literature
Electronic literature is a literary genre consisting of works of literature that originate within digital environments.-Definitions:N. Katherine Hayles discusses the topic in the online article...
and one of the best known publishers of hypertext fiction
Hypertext fiction
Hypertext fiction is a genre of electronic literature, characterized by the use of hypertext links which provides a new context for non-linearity in "literature" and reader interaction. The reader typically chooses links to move from one node of text to the next, and in this fashion arranges a...
, publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry hypertexts. Its software tools include: Storyspace
Storyspace
Storyspace was the first software program specifically developed for creating, editing, and reading hypertext fiction. It was developed in the 1980s by Jay David Bolter and Michael Joyce, who presented it to the first international meeting on Hypertext at Chapel Hill in October 1987...
, a hypertext system created by Jay David Bolter
Jay David Bolter
Jay David Bolter is the Wesley Chair of New Media and a professor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Some of his main points of study include the evolution of media, the usage of technology in education, and the role of computers in the...
, Michael Joyce, and John B. Smith in which much early hypertext fiction
Hypertext fiction
Hypertext fiction is a genre of electronic literature, characterized by the use of hypertext links which provides a new context for non-linearity in "literature" and reader interaction. The reader typically chooses links to move from one node of text to the next, and in this fashion arranges a...
was written, and Tinderbox
Tinderbox (application software)
Tinderbox is a personal content management system developed for Mac OS and Mac OS X by Eastgate Systems. MacWorld described it as " a remarkable tool for storing, arranging, exploring, and publishing data."...
, a tool for managing notes and information. Eastgate's chief scientist, Mark Bernstein, is a well-known figure in hypertext research, and has improved and extended Storyspace
Storyspace
Storyspace was the first software program specifically developed for creating, editing, and reading hypertext fiction. It was developed in the 1980s by Jay David Bolter and Michael Joyce, who presented it to the first international meeting on Hypertext at Chapel Hill in October 1987...
as well as developing new hypertext software.
Product list
- TinderboxTinderbox (application software)Tinderbox is a personal content management system developed for Mac OS and Mac OS X by Eastgate Systems. MacWorld described it as " a remarkable tool for storing, arranging, exploring, and publishing data."...
, a content assistant for managing, analyzing and mapping notes in a hypertextual environment - StoryspaceStoryspaceStoryspace was the first software program specifically developed for creating, editing, and reading hypertext fiction. It was developed in the 1980s by Jay David Bolter and Michael Joyce, who presented it to the first international meeting on Hypertext at Chapel Hill in October 1987...
, a hypertext writing environment
Works published by Eastgate
- Michael Joyce: afternoon, a storyAfternoon, a storyAfternoon, a story is a work of electronic literature written in 1987 by American author Michael Joyce. It was published by Eastgate Systems in 1990 and is known as the first hypertext fiction....
(1987, 1990) - Sarah SmithSarah Smith (writer)Sarah Smith is an American author living in Brookline, Massachusetts.-Life:She holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in English literature, both from Harvard University. She was an Assistant Professor of English for several years before going to work in the computer industry...
: The King of Space (1991) - Stuart MoulthropStuart MoulthropStuart Moulthrop is an innovator of electronic literature and hypertext fiction, both as a theoretician and as a writer. He is author of the hypertext fiction works Victory Garden , which was on the front-page of the New York Times Book Review in 1993, Reagan Library , and Hegirascope , amongst...
: Victory Garden (1992) - Kathryn CramerKathryn CramerKathryn Elizabeth Cramer is an American science fiction author, editor, and literary critic.- Life :Cramer grew up in Seattle, and currently lives in Pleasantville, New York with her husband David G. Hartwell and their two children. She is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer...
: In Small & Large Pieces (1994) - Shelley JacksonShelley JacksonShelley Jackson is a writer and artist known for her cross-genre experiments, including her groundbreaking work of hyperfiction, Patchwork Girl...
: Patchwork GirlPatchwork Girl (hypertext)Patchwork Girl is a work of electronic literature by American author Shelley Jackson. It was written in Storyspace and published by Eastgate Systems in 1995...
(1995) - Richard Holeton: Figurski at Findhorn on Acid (2001)