Nicholson Baker took a very unique approach to writing with his novel The Mezzanine. In this book he analyzes the daily workings of the human mind and how inconsistent our thoughts are even during the short period of an hour lunch break. Nicholson himself describes his use of the footnote as a form of hypertext:

"The footnote is the poor man's hypertext. It's not fancy. You don't need software at all. All it takes is a little number, a little asterisk, and smaller type. It's great. You can choose. Do you want to go into the subroutine of the footnote and follow it out and move back, or do you want to skip it? So you have that branch. It's very interactive."

Even though Baker's work is interesting, it does not compare to actual hypertext.