enhanced novels? digital ergodic literature?

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@namekuseijin

adding graphics or sounds to novels - or to IF indeed for that matter - doesn’t improve them in any way.

That is why I mentioned House of Leaves as an example. Many would not consider its use of graphics as adding nothing.

@namekuseijin

Graphic Novel adaptations of classic books ditch descriptions of characters and locations for an artist’s take on it. Most I’ve read had terrible lameass art, bearing very little resemblance to my own vivid recollections from when I read the book.

adding “movie clips” in between bursts of paragraphs is the poor man’s attempt at trying to understand what he wasn’t able to read in the first place

I think people demanding that “reading” should “evolve” into “watching” are really clueless.

Yeah I pretty much agree, and this mis/over-use of graphics and sounds is exactly what I’m not so interested in finding. That’s what makes the search a bit difficult. I can’t just look for “enhanced novels,” or “interactive graphic fiction.” That turns up things that are too much like the first example of SHERLOCK I mentioned, and too much like what you are pointing out.

I think Device 6 and Blackbar are more in line with what I’m thinking. Something where the enhancements are essential to the project and not just decoration.