Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- I Theory and Methodology -- 2 Playing with Rather Than by Rules -- 3 Between Ludicity and Literariness -- II Analyses -- 4 "The Pen Is Your Weapon of Choice": Ludic Hypertext Literature and the Play with the Reader -- 5 "Love Poem or Break Up Note?" Ludic Hypermedia Fiction and Loss of Grasp -- 6 "Your Innocence Drifts Away": Antiludicity and Ludic Mechanics in The Princess Murderer -- 7 Of Windsighs and Wayfaring: Blue Lacuna, an Epic Interactive Fiction -- 8 The Paradox of Poetic Gaming: evidence of everything exploding -- 9 From Paidia to Ludus: The Path, a Literary Auteur Game -- 10 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Glossary -- Index.