- Hardcover: 277 pages
- Publisher: Random House (25 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1400065356
- ISBN-13: 978-1400065356
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,253,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Paperback
Read a while ago,annoying as I finished it around three AM,fell asleep and missed breakfast.....amazed how people so desperatly want out of the real world,emmmm perhaps not.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A good book. Well written and informative. Personalised with many tales about the authors virtual travels.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
After all - one book on the theme with content
4 Jun 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
There are tons of books about virtual worlds, especially about second life. All of the ones I have seen (before this one) were more or less instructionbooks for people who don't have a mind of their own to click around in a virtual environment and collect some basic information, or artefacts of self celebration of residing avatars.
This one is nothing like that. Guest focusses on his personal research and experience in these environments, for the biggest part in secondlife.com . He gives us an interesting and sometimes even touching account of the fact, that these worlds are populated by real humans and not by game characters. Even for me as a long year (but not veteran) player of this environment, the book had an enormous amount of new and fascinating facts on the history of SL, that usually would not get published, since Guest partly approached it from the underground and not from the shiny surface.
I regrett I never met him there...
This one is nothing like that. Guest focusses on his personal research and experience in these environments, for the biggest part in secondlife.com . He gives us an interesting and sometimes even touching account of the fact, that these worlds are populated by real humans and not by game characters. Even for me as a long year (but not veteran) player of this environment, the book had an enormous amount of new and fascinating facts on the history of SL, that usually would not get published, since Guest partly approached it from the underground and not from the shiny surface.
I regrett I never met him there...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great book on virtual worlds and the people that use them!
1 Dec 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I couldn't believe that there was only 1 review on Amazon.com for this book. If anyone is interested in virtual worlds or people that play/use them, I highly recommend this book. It covers the stories of the author and others' experiences with Everquest, Second Life, and more. The author covers everything from virtual gangsters in The Sims Online to gender role-swapping in Second Life.
I had been searching for a great book on virtual worlds after reading The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World and I had been hesitant to purchase this book due to the lack of reviews. Well, I'm glad I bit the bullet and got a copy.
I had been searching for a great book on virtual worlds after reading The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World and I had been hesitant to purchase this book due to the lack of reviews. Well, I'm glad I bit the bullet and got a copy.
Highly Recommend!
31 Jan 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Second Lives explains the complexities of virtual worlds and examines the users behind them. Guest's thoughtful memoir is well written, illuminating and timely.
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