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Second lives / Tim Guest.
- Title
- Second lives / Tim Guest.
- Author
- Guest, Tim, 1975-
- Publication
- London : Hutchinson, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | GV1469.17.S63 G84 2007 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 362 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- For all the pace of computer development, the technology only makes it possible to create an on-line self. With the click of a mouse you can select eye colour, face shape, height, even wings if you want them. This title aims to take you on a revelatory journey as it investigates one of the bizarre phenomena of the 21st century.
- Subject
- Note
- "A journey through virtual worlds"--Cover.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Exodus : leaving the real world behind -- Virtual worlds, real selves : life on both sides of the screen -- Linden lab : dreamers of the dream -- Hacking matter : changing the world for fun and profit -- Virtual mafia : my life as a foot soldier -- Cyber terrorists : attacking thought -- Virtual riches : where there's money, there's an addiction -- Virtual war : join up and see the imaginary world -- Us : together in electric dreams -- Virtual sex : boys who are girls who like boys who are girls -- My virtual sister : beyond the nuclear family -- Corporations : branding virtual dreams -- Virtual art : creating ourselves anew -- Korea : king of the world -- Conclusion: Back to life.
- ISBN
- 9780091796570 (pbk.)
- 0091796571 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 77012058
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library