Tell Me a Story: Narrative and Intelligence
BY ROGER C. SCHANK

Schank is one of the world's leading artificial intelligence researchers. To design smart machines, Schank investigated how people use narratives and stories, the nature and function of those narratives, and the connection of intelligence to both telling and listening. A fascinating book.

Hamlet on the Holodeck:
The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace
BY JANET H. MURRAY

The definitive text on the structure and form of digital storytelling. We saw Murray speak in 2001 on the evolution of new media forms and discussed the emerging characteristics of this new medium for which conventions still need to be created. See a video clip from this speech.

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Computers As Theatre
BY BRENDA LAUREL

Laurel applies Aristotle's Poetics to software design. This groundbreaking book gives you so much to think about.

Related: Author's site