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Second Life: The Official Guide (Paperback)

by Michael Rymaszewski (Author), Wagner James Au (Author), Cory Ondrejka (Author), Richard Platel (Author), Sara Van Gorden (Author), Jeannette C�zanne (Author), Paul C�zanne (Author), Benjamin BatstoneCunningham (Author), Aleks Krotoski (Author), Celebrity Trollop (Author), Jim Rossignol (Author) "Second Life is a virtual world ..." (more)

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Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition (18 Jan 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0470227753
ISBN-13: 978-0470227756
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.8 x 2.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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In this fully revised and updated Second Edition, you′ll discover the very latest information about living in Second Life—from how to enter the world, get started, and get around, to the many exciting new ways you can earn real–world incomes, meet other residents, and enjoy all there is to do. Authored by Second Life experts with contributions from Linden Lab employees and Second Life residents, it’s the perfect companion for anyone who wants to create his or her own reality in Second Life. Includes a CD.

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Enjoy Your Second Life

This exclusive guide is your official gateway to Second Life, the wildly popular virtual world now inhabited by more than eight million residents. In this fully revised and updated Second Edition, you′ll discover the very latest information about living in Second Life—from how to enter the world, get started, and get around, to the many exciting new ways you can earn real–world incomes, meet other residents, and enjoy all there is to do.

Authored by Second Life experts and featuring contributions from Linden Lab employees and Second Life residents from around the world, this is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to create his or her own reality in Second Life. The book includes:

Avatar appearance: Create your look and find your voice.
Places to go: Take a grand tour of interesting Second Life locales.
Things to do: Enjoy the nightlife, the great places to shop, and the rich variety of SL communities.
People to meet: Who will you be in this wide–open world? Get a taste of the diverse social scene. Meet both famous and infamous residents and read their compelling profiles.
Start building: Create everything from sandals to spaceships, and beyond, thanks to expanded SL technology tools and tons of helpful tips.
Scripting basics: Make your projects move, talk, spin, and more–learn scripting directly from the creator of the Linden Scripting Language.
Create machinima: Learn to storyboard, design, and star in your own productions.
SL economy: Profit from the thriving SL economy and turn L$ into US$.

Learn how to meet and make friends with people from around the world

Experience Second Life′s amazing destinations

Get insider tips for such things as managing your unwieldy inventory

On the CD
The CD provides textures, avatar templates, animation software, more than a hundred sample animations, machinima created in Second Life, and a host of resources to help Second Life residents, builders, scripters, and animators.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Get a life in Second Life, 28 Mar 2007

By	David Long (Hampshire, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This book is excellent if you are new to Second Life. The front half is full of practical tips that will save hours of frustration in-game. I'm not a techie so the sections on scripting and coding passed me by, but overall well worth the time taken to read it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable, 15 May 2007

By	M. Lucchetta "T. Theas" (Angleterre) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This book is not only beautiful to look at and beautifully made, it is an absolute must for all those who want to start a Second Life. Packed with inside information and extremely useful tips, it shows you SL from the inside. Don't start without it! You'll discover why it's so important to linger on Help Island, how to make a fabulous avatar, and how to make the most of your new life... for free! Invaluable ressource. :o)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Life in a Hyper-World, 27 Jun 2007

By	Mr. P. J. Morris "Ankhanata" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I do strongly recommend this book for it is packed with invaluable advice for the Second Life newcomer. It is perhaps a mark of this books' quality that it has yet to become superceeded as a definitive introduction to Second Life. The downside to this is that despite the fact that it has only been published for a few months much of its content is old - such is the pace of change in Second Life.

Nevertheless it is a superbly crafted publication with great layout and illustrations. Instead of merely acting as an intstruction manual there is also a great deal of background information on subjects such as the history of the development of Second Life, regular Second Lifers anecdotal observations and indepth analysis of successful avatars. Undoubtedly there will be a revised and updated edition but until then this book still manages to serve as the best introduction to the subject.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but doesn't help you get started
Some really good background and context for SL, and some good detailed tips for doing things like creating and finessing your avatar, but I (and a lot of others I met) spent a... Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Get a life, a second one.
I won't duplicate the info in the Synopsis nearby. A pleasure to handle and read being on good quality gloss paper with coloured illustrations on nearly every page. Read more

Published on 11 Jun 2007 by Mr. Brian P. Gilbert

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not so good
The book is not bad, but you have to understand that you only get an overview of Second Life. It may be useful for newbies, but that's all. Read more

Published on 4 Jun 2007 by Alejandro Alonso-Puig

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