The death of linear narrative — and other fairy tales (Are you surfing comfortably?)

Abstract

Living happily ever after was a key part of our childhood, which was a time when the world was a vast and incomprehensible place. In those days coping with what might or might not have been over the horizon was simple enough — we just used our imaginations. If we ever did leave our immediate environment we came to terms with the sheer scale of the world by telling ourselves that what we saw around us was merely part of some gigantic film set, constructed for our benefit. The thousands of people we saw were the same ones moving, with us, from place to place. These were tricks we used to cope with our first encounter with information overload.

Citation

Kruger, P. (1995), "The death of linear narrative — and other fairy tales (Are you surfing comfortably?)", The Electronic Library, Vol. 13 No. 6, pp. 576-577. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045433