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January 03, 2023

Node Magazine is a literary project in the guise of a fictional magazine created to annotate the novel Spook Country by William Gibson.

Node Magazine
Type of site
Annotator
Available inEnglish
OwnerSean Kearney[1]
Created bypatternBoy
URLhttp://www.nodemagazine.com/
CommercialNo
RegistrationNo
LaunchedFebruary 7, 2007

The project is essentially a hypertext version of the novel.[2] It takes its name from Node, a non-existent magazine in Spook Country owned by Hubertus Bigend, which employs the novel's protagonist to pursue the source of locative art.[3][4]

The project drew attention from the novelist,[5] and has been featured in The Guardian, The Washington Post, Salon, The Seattle Times and the Santa Cruz Sentinel. The academic literary critic John Sutherland has claimed that the project threatened "to completely overhaul the way literary criticism is conducted".[6]

Origin

The project was initiated when the recipient of an advanced reading copy of the novel mobilised "an army of volunteers" to track the references and assemble the cloud of data surrounding the novel – every element of the work which is searchable on internet resources such as Google and Wikipedia.[6][7] The pseudonymous author, under the pen name patternBoy, conceived the Node project as "a multi-author blog of fictional news stories in the Spook Country universe", and did not anticipate that it would itself become the focus of media attention.[8] He declared the launch of the Node tumblog sister-site to Node Magazine on June 24, 2007, with the following announcement:

With 42 days before the official release and a total of 84 chapters, I will begin posting two short (under 807 characters each in celebration of the official release date) chapter summaries each day. Quotations will be very sparse and all posts will contain my interpretations (and likely significant spoilers) re: the yet-to-be-released work.[9]

The project has precedent in Joe Clark's PR-Otaku, an attempt at logging and annotating Gibson's preceding novel Pattern Recognition.[10] Gibson has noted that while PR-Otaku "took a couple of years to come together", Node was complete before the novel was even published.[11]

Significance

Sutherland credits the project as "giving an extraordinary reading of [the] novel in which everything is concretized – solidity and specification is added to [the] text."[12] He has conceived this as nothing less than a new form of hyper-annotation:

What the unknown Node-maestro has done is poles apart…[h]e's channelled the raw material supplied by his volunteers into a sign-posted route through Spook Country. It opens the way, I believe, to a new kind of critical commentary on texts. One can see, easily enough, how it could be extended to Paradise Lost, or Hamlet.[6]

Gibson in turn has characterized the project as "a sort of little Wikipedia" for Spook Country,[5] and has declared it to be "stunning," remarkably accurate, genuinely novel and "sort of scary."[2][4][12] He has spoken of his newfound awareness when writing of "a ghostly cloud of hypertext hanging around the text of the manuscript," the alteration this has on the way readers experience the text, and the fact that all his research will be retraceable by readers of his work.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Whois.Net". WHOIS. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  2. ^ a b Lim, Dennis (2007-08-11). "Now Romancer". Salon Books. Salon. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  3. ^ Broome, Kevin. . broome: ideas&executions. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  4. ^ a b Watson, Chris (2007-08-05). . Bookends. Santa Cruz Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  5. ^ a b Ranger, Steve (2007-08-06). "Q&A: William Gibson, science fiction novelist". Silicon.com. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  6. ^ a b c Sutherland, John (2007-08-31). "Node idea". Comment. The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  7. ^ Gwinn, Mary Ann (2007-08-06). "Futuristic fantasy lives now for author William Gibson". Books. The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  8. ^ "And Now, Towards Chapter 85..." Node tumblr. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  9. ^ "Countdown begins: 42 days, 84 chapters". Node tumblog. 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  10. ^ . Node Magazine. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  11. ^ Garreau, Joel; Meg Smith (2007-09-06). "Through the Looking Glass". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  12. ^ a b c Gibson, William (2007-08-28). Sci-Fi-London (Interview). Interviewed by John Sutherland. London: SCI-FI-LONDON.TV http://www.sci-fi-london.com/tv/channel/18. Retrieved 2007-10-30. {{cite interview}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

  • nodemagazine.com
  • node.tumblr.com
  • "Spook Country" hyperlink cloud annotations a version with extra hyperlink annotations, without repeating the graphical images, with extra independent hyperlink annotations, re-ordered into chapter sequence order, as one medium / large blog archive file.
  • ZeroHistory.net, a blog focusing on Gibson's follow-up to Spook Country, Zero History

January 03, 2023
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Node Magazine is a literary project in the guise of a fictional magazine created to annotate the novel Spook Country by William Gibson Node MagazineType of siteAnnotatorAvailable inEnglishOwnerSean Kearney 1 Created bypatternBoyURLhttp www nodemagazine com CommercialNoRegistrationNoLaunchedFebruary 7 2007The project is essentially a hypertext version of the novel 2 It takes its name from Node a non existent magazine in Spook Country owned by Hubertus Bigend which employs the novel s protagonist to pursue the source of locative art 3 4 The project drew attention from the novelist 5 and has been featured in The Guardian The Washington Post Salon The Seattle Times and the Santa Cruz Sentinel The academic literary critic John Sutherland has claimed that the project threatened to completely overhaul the way literary criticism is conducted 6 Contents 1 Origin 2 Significance 3 References 4 External linksOrigin EditThe project was initiated when the recipient of an advanced reading copy of the novel mobilised an army of volunteers to track the references and assemble the cloud of data surrounding the novel every element of the work which is searchable on internet resources such as Google and Wikipedia 6 7 The pseudonymous author under the pen name patternBoy conceived the Node project as a multi author blog of fictional news stories in the Spook Country universe and did not anticipate that it would itself become the focus of media attention 8 He declared the launch of the Node tumblog sister site to Node Magazine on June 24 2007 with the following announcement With 42 days before the official release and a total of 84 chapters I will begin posting two short under 807 characters each in celebration of the official release date chapter summaries each day Quotations will be very sparse and all posts will contain my interpretations and likely significant spoilers re the yet to be released work 9 The project has precedent in Joe Clark s PR Otaku an attempt at logging and annotating Gibson s preceding novel Pattern Recognition 10 Gibson has noted that while PR Otaku took a couple of years to come together Node was complete before the novel was even published 11 Significance EditSutherland credits the project as giving an extraordinary reading of the novel in which everything is concretized solidity and specification is added to the text 12 He has conceived this as nothing less than a new form of hyper annotation What the unknown Node maestro has done is poles apart h e s channelled the raw material supplied by his volunteers into a sign posted route through Spook Country It opens the way I believe to a new kind of critical commentary on texts One can see easily enough how it could be extended to Paradise Lost or Hamlet 6 Gibson in turn has characterized the project as a sort of little Wikipedia for Spook Country 5 and has declared it to be stunning remarkably accurate genuinely novel and sort of scary 2 4 12 He has spoken of his newfound awareness when writing of a ghostly cloud of hypertext hanging around the text of the manuscript the alteration this has on the way readers experience the text and the fact that all his research will be retraceable by readers of his work 12 References Edit Whois Net WHOIS Retrieved 2008 07 27 a b Lim Dennis 2007 08 11 Now Romancer Salon Books Salon Retrieved 2007 10 30 Broome Kevin William Gibson at the CBC Book Club broome ideas amp executions Archived from the original on July 20 2008 Retrieved 2007 10 30 a b Watson Chris 2007 08 05 William Gibson explores the science fiction of the here and now in his new novel Bookends Santa Cruz Sentinel Archived from the original on 2007 09 30 Retrieved 2007 10 30 a b Ranger Steve 2007 08 06 Q amp A William Gibson science fiction novelist Silicon com Retrieved 2007 10 30 a b c Sutherland John 2007 08 31 Node idea Comment The Guardian Retrieved 2007 10 30 Gwinn Mary Ann 2007 08 06 Futuristic fantasy lives now for author William Gibson Books The Seattle Times Retrieved 2007 10 30 And Now Towards Chapter 85 Node tumblr Retrieved 2007 10 30 Countdown begins 42 days 84 chapters Node tumblog 2007 06 24 Retrieved 2007 10 30 No Offense Intended Node Magazine Archived from the original on September 7 2008 Retrieved 2007 10 30 Garreau Joel Meg Smith 2007 09 06 Through the Looking Glass The Washington Post Retrieved 2007 10 30 a b c Gibson William 2007 08 28 Sci Fi London Interview Interviewed by John Sutherland London SCI FI LONDON TV http www sci fi london com tv channel 18 Retrieved 2007 10 30 a href Template Cite interview html title Template Cite interview cite interview a Missing or empty title help External links Editnodemagazine com node tumblr com Spook Country hyperlink cloud annotations a version with extra hyperlink annotations without repeating the graphical images with extra independent hyperlink annotations re ordered into chapter sequence order as one medium large blog archive file ZeroHistory net a blog focusing on Gibson s follow up to Spook Country Zero History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Node Magazine amp oldid 1097704255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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