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Subject: Re: IF history -- origin of "interactive fiction"
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In article <espen.aarseth-110494161419@hdbea.hf-fak.uib.no> espen.aarseth@hf.uib.no (Espen Aarseth) writes:
> 
> Here is a challenge for the collective memory of this group:
> 
> 
>   When was the name "Interactive fiction" first used?
> 
>   Where, by whom, and referring to what?
> 
> 
> There is an article in _Byte_ Sept. 1981 by Bob Liddil [or Liddell?]
> called "Interactive Fiction: Six Micro Stories"; anything before that?
> (I don't suppose anyone would care to fax me a copy of it?)
> 
> Anyone got the famous Dec. 1980 issue of _Byte_, and care to take a look?
> Also the first issues of _Creative Computing_(79/80),if anybody's got them.
>
>
> Maybe an "earliest known occurrence" could go in the FAQ?
>
> Any help greatly appreciated!

Following on from that, if anyone knows the origins and history
of IF (and we're interested in all forms of IF, not just computer-
based IF) and can write it up in a coherent, interesting and well
researched way, I'd be very interested in publishing it in INTER*
ACTION. You'd get paid. A bit.

I'd prefer to see a synopsis/abstract/outline before you send the
article itself. Contact either me or INTER*ACTION's editor Andrew
Rilstone (andrew@aslan.demon.co.uk) for more information.

--
James Wallis (journal@wonder.demon.co.uk)
Publisher of INTER*ACTION:  The Journal
of Role-Playing and Storytelling Systems
