The Color of Television is another story in the line-up of novels/stories we have come across this semester that is a collection of one or two or maybe more stories put into one medium. This one is via the Internet. There seem to be two plots going on in this website. One seems to be in a blue colored font, the other in a reddish, burgundy color. One page has paragraphs that feature both colored fonts. As I read the first page, I noticed how the two didnt’ quite fit together, and then wondered if perhaps they each represented a different story, and if they were intertwined within the website like that. As it turns out from the more I read, this was proven to be true. What caught me on to this was that I noticed when I’d click on a link, it would take me to a page, but wouldn’t necessarily take me to the top of the page. I found this out when I accidentally scrolled up and noticed there was more text. So as I kept on reading, I was conscious of where in the page I was brough to. Even then though, the further you read, it doesn’t promise that everything matches up the way you like it. I think the author has done this as a way for us as the reader to become interactive readers. That is to sit and think about why they have done this. I was a bit frustrated while reading this, however, because of the fact that it didn’t seem to sync together well. Also, I was overwhelmed by the different possible links to click on. There were a few on each page at times, and each one took me to a different place. I didn’t know where to start when I came across these situations.
In Pax, I was a little stumped as to what we had to read. Naturally, I began to click around and found that when I would click on certain things — such as a flying body — I would then be presented with something to read on the right hand column. By clicking on different people, you were able to meet them. You were given their name and told a little bit about them. If you were to again click on the same person floating in the background, you would get another blurb that I’m assuming is said by the character that is being presented. The large, faint words in the background is also pretty interesting to look at. The word is never quite there, but the letters at one point or another are there, so your mind is somehow able to make sense out of the words that are being shown. This is definitely an interactive text because it relys on the user to click on the characters floating around. After we do this, we are able to see a little bit about them.