Dream Machines
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Dream Machines is the visionary second half of Ted Nelson’s influential 1974 book that imagines interactive, hypertext-based computers as tools for personal creativity and liberation.
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| instanceOf |
book section
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nonfiction work → |
| advocatesFor |
interactive documents
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nonlinear writing → user empowerment through computing → |
| author |
Ted Nelson
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| contrastsWith |
Computer Lib
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| describes |
computers as media for personal liberation
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hypertext-based computers as tools for personal creativity → |
| focusesOn |
future possibilities of computers
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imaginative uses of technology → |
| format |
print
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| genre |
computer literature
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manifesto → media theory → technology criticism → |
| hasAuthorRole |
Ted Nelson as hypertext pioneer
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| hasForm |
collage-like layout
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hand-drawn illustrations → mixed typography → nonlinear page design → |
| hasTheme |
computers as personal expressive tools
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critique of centralized computing → liberation through technology → user control over information → |
| influencedBy |
Project Xanadu
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| intendedAudience |
artists and writers
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computer enthusiasts → general readers interested in computers → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
computer-based creativity
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human–computer interaction → hypertext → information liberation → interactive computing → personal computing → |
| notableFor |
early articulation of hypertext concepts for personal use
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influence on later hypertext and new media theory → visionary view of computers as personal media → |
| pageOrientation |
landscape
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| partOf |
Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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| positionInWork |
second half of Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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| publicationYear |
1974
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| publisher |
Self-published by Ted Nelson
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| relatedTo |
hypertext systems
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personal computing movement → |
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Computer Lib / Dream Machines
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