"The hapless love affair of hopeful poet Tom Jones and wealthy, bohemia-bound Sadie Massey is cross-referenced in brief, satirical, encyclopedic passages from ABORTION to ZOO CAFETERIA." (TIME Magazine review, October 24, 1969) An early example of hypertext fiction, Encyclopedia's narrative is entirely multilinear and can be read from beginning to end or, as the author's preface suggests, by following the book's cross-references.