A similar shadow-world also occurs in John McDaid's seminal Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse, where the closet of the late Arthur Newkirk's home contains an house filled with strange echoes of the entire hypertext. This is a story that takes space and movement. It begins when you realize you can never control more than half the act of travel. Claim the departure as your own if must, but leave your arrival to others. If you find yourself elsewhere, perhaps alone cold and sleepless in a hotel room, it is because you have lost control of something.
Travel is an argument between places.
If travel is an argument between places, this epigram is an argument with the image that introduces it. A link anchor needs to be noticed, but it also needs to attract the people who really ought to follow that link and to prepare them for what the link will deliver. Anchors can create drama, build surprise, or comment ironically on their destinations, not just attract the eye or encourage casual surfers. Shown in the Reading Room at the 1994 European Hypertext Conference, it's a weirdly haunting piece although not really a hypertext. Subscribe to the Eastgate-List, our moderated electronic mail list for hypertext news and announcements.