Re: Propp generation reference

["Laura J. Mixon" <ljm@digitalnoir.com>]

Thanks for the links!

I just got back and am finally recovering from my bug.  It's my fervent hope
that I was careful enough to keep from making anyone else sick.

I thought this was a very successful Phront and the broad range of newcomers
added a lot to the discussion.



-l.

on 6/10/02 12:47 AM,  Chaim at cog@slackworks.com wrote:

> 
> Hi everyone -- I had a great time at the Crawford ranch. For those of your
> who were interested in the reference to MESS & Propp, here it is:
> 
> http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/langpro/NLG-table/details/NLG-ENTRY-18
> .htm
> 
> It is my understanding that Propp has been a popular source for story
> generation systems (so a friend told me), though how common I don't know.
> The above reference is one verifiable sighting. =)
> 
> (http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/langpro/NLG-table/NLG-table-date-sort
> .html 
> is a long long list of natural language generation systems, fyi, which may
> be of interest to some).
> 
> Another interesting story generation system that didn't come up over the
> weekend is Leibowitz's Universe system, which was used (if I remember
> correctly) to write soap opera plots.
> 
> A nice text on interactive storyworlds that is more design than
> architecture oriented, I'd suggest picking up a copy of Janet Murray's
> book _Hamlet on the Holodeck_.
>