#pullinger

[paintingbox]

Herbert Pullinger (1878-1961)

The Covered Bridge, Point Pleasant (Pennsylvania), 1917

Oil on canvas 25 x 30 in (63.5 x 76.2 cm)

[fabianbuenker]

Sch...ß Pulls mit dem Wedge 😂👍👌⛳️...#golf #pullinger #genauerschlagen (hier: Golfclub Neuhof e.V.)

[wolffwecf11]

A picture, some music, dramatic sound effects, cool animation and reader involvement is worth a 1000 words

After reading/hearing/watching/interacting with Inanimate Alice, Episode 1: China by Kate Pullinger, I began to understand Hayles ideas of writing being a product of machine and the human body being intertwined. How else could I have had such a multi-sensory experience while "reading" without the advancements in technology? How else could something like this story come about without the creativity, imagination and abilities of the author and illustrator?

That being said, I can understand people being turned off by something with "so much going on." So I asked my wife, an avid reader and casual gamer to read Alice. After reading it, she said, "It was cute. It felt like I was playing a game" When I asked her if she would ever read a novel with all the animations, sounds and interactivity, she responded, "Oh, no. All that stuff would get annoying after a short while. I was starting to get annoyed by the music from just this kids story,"   

Though I am far more a "movie guy" and a "gamer" than a "book guy," I have to agree with my wife. With e-literature, it seems like a cute idea. And there's some great creativity being done. But it seems like a very small niche type of writing, if not a fad. That being said, I have hardly equaled my time reading e-lit writing with the time I've spent with traditional writing, so maybe I'm still in the process of chaning my brain. As Hayles said, "as media changes, so do bodies and brains."