The first ergodic literature is considered to be the Chinese "I-Jing", "The Book of Changes", written around the 700s BC. One of the first philosophical texts already was an ergodic one.

What is the key feature of ergodic literature?

One of the major innovations of the concept of ergodic literature is that it is not medium-specific so long as the medium has the ability to produce an iteration of the text. New media researchers have tended to focus on the medium of the text, stressing that it is for instance paper-based or electronic.

Is ergodic literature a genre?

What is ergodic fiction? The genre of ergodic fiction was proposed by Espen J. Aarseth, a professor at the IT University of Copenhagen.