Reviewed by Douglas Eyman CFCC

Adam's Bookstore Adam Wenger       "Adam's Bookstore," by Adam Wenger, is at once a Borgesian depiction of a circular text which "resides" in both an internal and external bookstore, but also an enactment in hypertext of the project that Roland Barthes initiated with his classic S/Z . Wenger comments that this hypertext forms "an analysis and deconstruction of my own hypertext short story. . . the deconstruction does not precede and have precedence over the initial text as Barthes' S/Z  does over Sarrasine . Rather, this deconstruction is viewed simultaneously and interspersed with the text." Wenger treats his own short story exactly as Barthes did Sarrasine , using the same codes and lexia structure for the analysis. Of course, one can also choose to explore only the hypertext fiction without distraction from the analysis. Contents: The Optics Carlos D. Aizenmann-Stern Simulations: Baudrillard through Hypertext Ethan Fiks Circular Voice(s) John P. Garland Electronic Zen Taro Ikai Ultramundane Tom McHarg Breath of Sighs and Falling Forever Nathan Marsh The Dead Letter Office David Mayer Plateaus Tom Meyer Food for Thought Jane Park An Evening at Roy's Roy Perlis Bodily Writing Anne Pycha The Hero's Face Joshua Rappaport Rhizome Maggie Skodon Freud Web David B. Stevenson LBJ Timothy Taylor Adam's Bookstore Adam Wenger Contact the Reviewer!