here is a review by nick montfort (one of the editors of the 'new media
reader') of a piece of interactive fiction:
http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/Review/index.cfm?article6

the interactive fiction reviewed is called 'a bad machine made of words' and
is a 1998 work by dan shiovitz.

i had run across the machine before, but had not been able to make heads or
tails of it. montfort's review is both useful and intriguing.

um so is http://www.poemsthatgo.com/gallery/fall2003/bmch/about.htm

ja