Online

When looking for online representations of Haroun and the Sea of Stories I noticed that the only sites I could find were ones trying to sell the text. While sites like Amazon give some information and reviews about the text, there is little information that can help make the book more interesting for the reader. There are also a few websites that have notes on the book, but they are more for college students trying to avoid reading the book, instead of an electronic version of the text. Salman Rushdie has several pages on publisher websites, but there is nothing that shows a digital representation of the text.

I think that this text needs a much better online reference point for readers. There is currently nothing that shows how this book can be interpreted into a piece of electronic literature. By creating a website that incorporates the text with images, sounds, and other effects, the text could become more interactive and entertaining for the reader. Rushdie's book is already very interesting to read, but reluctant readers may still be unwilling to read a book if it is nothing but blocks of text on a page. Having an electronic representation of this text would make it easier for reluctant readers to become interested in the story, and would help the book reach a larger audience. Rushdie has published his book in many different languages, and it would be much easier to have some sort of translation tool on a web version of the text instead of having to find a copy of the book in a different language.

I think that the piece "The Jew's Daughter" is a great example of how Haroun and the Sea of Stories can be converted into a piece of electronic literature. While reading, the story seems to gradually evolve, which matches well with the way each click causes the text to change in "The Jew's Daughter." I also think that, while it is somewhat simplistic, the online version of Briar Rose is a good example of how this text could be adapted for internet use. A series of images could be created to represent the different characters and places in the book, which would help make the story come to life for the reader. While there is not an online representation of this work at this time, I hope that in the near future there is a way to make the book more accessible and more interesting for readers all over the world.