King of Space: a live elit pathfinder traversal

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Tea and cucumber sandwiches featured in King of Space - sweet little British touch. My heart!!! #ELitPathfinders

King of Space was also influenced by the electronic literature Amnesia. #elitpathfinders

It's Q & A time for King of Space. #elitpathfinders

#ELit #ELitPathfinders

“U can fall into a maze of love or find the dance at the center of the world that regenerates the ship.” -Eastgate Systems on King of Space

We are getting to the end of the live Traversal of King of Space. We will start the Q&A next. #elitpathfinders #elit

King of Space has roughly 25 different endings. #elitpathfinders

As in AMNESIA, every cowardly decision you make in King of Space results in bad consequences #elitpathfinders #elit @dtcv

King of Space offers no good choices. The male protagonist experiences the female problem of the double bind #elitpathfinders #elit @dtcv

Mark Bernstein had to build a new platform for King of Space called Kingwriter. But it also requires HyperCard #elitpathfinders #elit @dtcv

The tiger imagry used in King of Space is purely incidental. #elitpathfinders

The airlock in the King of Space signifies that the user has hit an end, which is the "black screen." #elitpathfinders #elit

We're doing an #elitpathfinders of Sarah Smith's King of Space in the Electronic Literature Lab today.

Science fiction space tales mixed with specific forms of art - the uniqueness of this work is astounding! #elitpathfinders  https://twitter.com/dgrigar/status/913852983107973120 …

King of Space was influenced by quilting, collage, choose your own adventure games. #elitpathdfinders #elit @dtcv

The art was made by Matthew Mattingly. #elitpathfinders

King of Space consists of ~ 317 lexias. Sarah Smith produced 25 different endings to the story. More than Stanley Parable! #elitpathfinders

Creating the #elitpathfinders for Sarah Smith’s King of Space.

Sarah Smith was encouraged to write King of Space by Mark Bernstein. She began the work in 1988; it was released it in 1991 #elitpathfinders

The ASCII artist for King of Space is Matthew Mattingly #elitpathfinders #elit @dtcv

Quilting, collage, and choose your own adventure books influenced King of Space. #elitpathfinders

The audience today in the lab for the live Traversal of King of Space by Sarah Smith. #elitpathfinders  https://twitter.com/Veronique_Beth/status/913850073548603392 …

We are now live! #elitpathfinders  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJIcWctuDM …

Get ready for #elitpathfinders

King of Space will start at 12:30. #elitpathfinders

Starting the event, livestream will begin at 12:30.

Please use #elitpathfinders when posting about the King of Space traversal.

The live traversal for King of Space will be starting soon. #elitpathfinders

Learned a lot today from Sarah Smith about her e-lit work King of Space. Join us tomorrow for the Traversal:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qsmp4EE0jw …  https://twitter.com/Veronique_Beth/status/913524866745118721 …

@Veronique_Beth @automatedamber @dtcv Here is the link of the ELL Catalog about King of Space:  http://dtc-wsuv.org/ell-catalog/site2/elit.php?p=122 … #elit @dtcv

Organizing the camera for the live stream is challenging.

Amber and I are in ELL rehearsing for tomorrow's Traversal. See you all at 12 noon PDT at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJIcWctuDM …

Experience a digital performance––what Stuart Moulthrop and I call a “Traversal”––of the first science fiction hypertext narrative: Sarah Smith’s King of Space (Eastgate Systems, Inc., 1991). This is a live performance streamed on YouTube and also captured in video in the Electronic Literature Lab. To access the work, we will be using one of two copies held in the Grigar Collection and Grigar’s Macintosh LC III, running OS 7.5.3, with a portrait view monitor. Performing the Traversal is Amber Strother, the Blackburn Fellow at Washington State University who specializes in science fiction and media studies. Guests can view the Traversal in person at Multimedia Classroom Building, Room 211B, or online at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qsmp4EE0jw …. The event begins at 12 noon PDT and will end at 2 p.m. PDT. For more information, visit: dtc-wsuv.org/…/traversal-of-sarah-smiths-king-of-sp…/