Many of his works can be considered examples of ergodic literature.

Aarseth defined it as a type of ergodic literature.

Ergodic literature is not defined by medium, but by the way in which the text functions.

The book introduces the concept of ergodic literature, which is a text that requires non-trivial effort to be traversed.

Thus, hypertext fiction of the simple node and link variety is ergodic literature but not cybertext.

The format and structure of the novel is unconventional, with unusual page layout and style, making it ergodic literature.

These books are examples of ergodic literature following a format similar to the Choose Your Own Adventure series.

One of the major innovations of the concept of ergodic literature is that it is not medium-specific.

Graph and Matrix Metrics to Analyze Ergodic Literature for Children.

The concepts of cybertext and ergodic literature were of seminal importance to new media studies, in particular literary approaches to digital texts and to game studies.

Cybertext is a subcategory of ergodic literature that Aarseth defines as "texts that involve calculation in their production of scriptons" (Cybertext, page 75).

Aarseth's works include groundbreaking Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature (Johns Hopkins UP 1997) book, which was originally his doctoral thesis.

Danielewski's work is characterized by experimental choices in form, such as intricate and multi-layered narratives, typographical variation, and inconsistent page layouts, otherwise known as visual writing or Ergodic literature.

Espen Aarseth, a researcher based in Copenhagen, is credited with raising the profile of Buckles's dissertation, which Aarseth quotes eight times in his own book, Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature.

Ergodic literature is a term coined by Espen J. Aarseth in his book Cybertext-Perspectives on Ergodic Literature, and is derived from the Greek words ergon, meaning "work", and hodos, meaning "path".