On page 36 of Lev Manovich’s The Language of New Media, the variability of new media is discussed. I related his discussion of new media back to the recent focus on hypertext based on several key passages in this section. Manovich writes, "A new media object is not something fixed once and for all, but something that can exist in different, potentially infinite versions." Before new media came about in the form of webpages and "flash" movies, once a literary work was published then the plot and story was finalized. But often in hypertexts, they are so complex that the structure often mirrors a great circle as to make it almost impossible to discern where the narrative ends. Therefore, the creator or author can easily add segments connected by images or links into the story with little or no alert being raised by the reader. As a result, the elements of that hypertext are indefinetly variable. One of the greatest examples of a new media/hypertext would be Wikipedia where a user can edit the material or update the subject. This is in direct opposition, to a subscriber constantly having to purchase the Encyclopedia Brittanica every year. Quite a contrast between 10 years ago and now.