Voyage Into the Unknown

Internal Copies

ELL-W-429-1

Like New Condition

Copy published by the author on CD-R in 2010.

The disk is unlabeled, but sits inside a paper sleeve labled in black pen. It reads: "ELO VOL 2 SUBMISSION Voyage Into The Unknown Roderick Coover UPDATED 2-21-2010!" It also comes with two printed pages, a work description and a signed letter dated February 21 2010. This all sits inside a manila envelope.

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  • Flash

      Author(s)

      Roderick Coover

      First Published

      2008

      Original Publisher

      the author

      Language

      English

      Description

      Voyage Into the Unknown is an interactive work in three parts that follows ways in which an imagined landscape becomes a represented. The date is 1869 and you have joined the crew of one-armed Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell in an attempt to navigate the Colorado River through the vast unmapped maze of canyons in the heart of the Great American Desert. No European-American has boated the formidable Colorado River - not, at least, and written about it. Turning inward... this is, perhaps, the final American frontier, a terra incognita. First comes discovery, although not without dissension and discontent, and even death will haunt the memory of the journey. Then comes representation -- the writing of a heroic narrative. Third, in stereoscope, comes reflection and critique. The work is designed as a scrolling virtual environment that is navigated. The environment includes primary source diary entries, logs, and photographs along with original text, imagery, and analysis.

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