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Espen J. Aarseth > Cybertext - Perspectives on Ergodic Literature

Define Ergodic : Of or related to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to previously experienced state; Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.

  • "By naming none I hope to include all"
  • Ergodic literature takes effort to traverse the text, given the extranoematic responsibilities of the reader, added to the eye movement and page turning process, which could characterize non-ergodic literature.
  • "Cybertext focuses on the mechanical organization of the text"