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5 unusual facts about Michael Joyce


Alexandra Grant

Grant is known as a ‘radical collaborator’ – the longest of her exchanges being with the pioneering writer of hypertext fiction, Michael Joyce.

Electronic literature

Eastgate Systems published many of the first hypertexts on CD-ROM, including Michael Joyce's afternoon, a story, which is often regarded as the first hypertext.

On the other hand, classics such as Michael Joyce's afternoon, a story (1987) are still read and have been republished on CD, while simple HTML hypertext fictions from the 1990s are still accessible online and can be read in modern browsers.

Michael Joyce

Michael Joyce, known by his stage name Estee Applauder, Tasmanian-British drag queen and female impersonator

Michael T. Joyce (born 1949), judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court



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