Fiction stories based on the Internet?

[MichikoKunz]

Since I think this is a relatively new type of subject basis in fiction, I don't believe many authors have reflected on the extreme influence of the Internet on not only adults' lives, but more so on adolescents.

What is a more surreal place where anything can and does happen other than the Internet? Where the fiction writing ground is enshrouded in CSS and HTML coding, and feelings are expressed by smilies and you don't know how people are reacting?

Haha. I'd like to know what the literary community here believes. Thanks if you can give me feedback!

 

[WoundedThorns]

hm you're right, i can only think of books i've read about adolescents using the internet. well, jemme j (sp?) by jane green revolves around the internet as well.. its chick lit, so the girl met the guy through the internet and all

 

[ZombieSheep]

I picked up Charles De Lint's Spirits in the Wires the other day, but I haven't read it yet. It's supposedly about a crash on the internet that pulls people away from reality and whatnot. It's very internet-based, so pick it up if you're interested =D

 

[GOLLUM]

Well an obvious one I can think of is the 4 part fantasy based series by author Tad Williams called Otherland. It revolves around people in the real world who are essentially sucked into a virtual reality universe as they battle against a cartel bent on world domniation. Tad uses the interent to explore variations on a lot of well known fantasy worlds like Alice In Wonderland, Jack and the Beanstalk etc..

Whilst the series doesn't always gel together I quite liked the books eventhough the ending seems a litttle contrived for me. It's certainly this authors most ambitious project to date albeit not his most accomplished.

No idea if this is what you were after?...

 

[steffee]

There's E-tales by David Milstead which is a bunch of emails and is all about the internet, smileys, chatting and viruses etc...

other than that, I dunno