Sunday, April 20, 2008

Online fiction is awesome- as long as you're sitting at the computer, you might as well jump into a fictional story or enjoy the interaction between real-life computer nerds who are role playing as themselves in fictional circumstances.

There are some fantastic narratives being created as I type. What I find so interesting are the spin-offs of fiction and the different ways to relate and connect with others through fiction. For example, an amazing first-of-its-kind hypertext book "Patchwork Girl".
Now, this book isn't available online, and I don't think you can even download it. So I don't know that you would classify it as online fiction. However, I did find this great review of the book in which the reviewer professes to be the girl in patchwork girl. What's so interesting about this, is that a real review of a real work of fiction is written under the auspices of a fictional character who creates a new fictional reality.

This next reference is a bit tricky. There's a blog spot called "Our Souls Journey" which seems to be maintained and subscribed to by every hippie burnout who's obtained "enlightenment" on the planet. However, the key is that however mystically esoteric much of the drivel may be, the blog seems to operate from a place of nonfiction intent. That being said, I did find a bit of obvious fiction on the site, just scroll down until you read:

'
On the very
inner fringes of
primordial creation there was born a constellation of
Seven Stars. As
time passed each was ruled by a Prince and a King
bound them all. They
evolved from the material to the spiritual. In the
spiritual they sought out all creation, seeking to
harmonize, to learn,
to grow and to acquire understanding. Their threads of
consciousness
spread over the Universe as a closely woven yarn,
making the vastness . . .'

You get the point. What is interesting about this particular fiction is that the bloggers generally utilize fiction to emphasize nonfictional beliefs and lifestyles.

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