The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life: The Essential Guide to An Amazing Virtual World

Imagine an enormous, breathtaking virtual world to explore, where land can be bought for less than a dollar and new construction is limited only by your imagination. An online tourist destination where you can shop for virtual designer clothes in a shopping mall atop a live volcano, teleport to an underwater gig by U2, before taking a new friend back to your personal spaceship for virtual coffee or...well, you get the idea.


The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life is a fast, fun guidebook that introduces first-time visitors to the endless wonders offered by this exciting and rapidly developing online world. All of Second Life is here, including:



- The Essentials. What to wear and how to behave.




- The People. Finding likeminded souls-or soulmates.




- The Major Destinations. Must-see tourist hotspots, shops, and shows.




- Shopping and Nightlife


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The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life: The Essential Guide to An Amazing Virtual World

Imagine an enormous, breathtaking virtual world to explore, where land can be bought for less than a dollar and new construction is limited only by your imagination. An online tourist destination where you can shop for virtual designer clothes in a shopping mall atop a live volcano, teleport to an underwater gig by U2, before taking a new friend back to your personal spaceship for virtual coffee or...well, you get the idea.


The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life is a fast, fun guidebook that introduces first-time visitors to the endless wonders offered by this exciting and rapidly developing online world. All of Second Life is here, including:



- The Essentials. What to wear and how to behave.




- The People. Finding likeminded souls-or soulmates.




- The Major Destinations. Must-see tourist hotspots, shops, and shows.




- Shopping and Nightlife


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The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life: The Essential Guide to An Amazing Virtual World

The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life: The Essential Guide to An Amazing Virtual World

The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life: The Essential Guide to An Amazing Virtual World

The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life: The Essential Guide to An Amazing Virtual World

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Overview

Imagine an enormous, breathtaking virtual world to explore, where land can be bought for less than a dollar and new construction is limited only by your imagination. An online tourist destination where you can shop for virtual designer clothes in a shopping mall atop a live volcano, teleport to an underwater gig by U2, before taking a new friend back to your personal spaceship for virtual coffee or...well, you get the idea.


The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life is a fast, fun guidebook that introduces first-time visitors to the endless wonders offered by this exciting and rapidly developing online world. All of Second Life is here, including:



- The Essentials. What to wear and how to behave.




- The People. Finding likeminded souls-or soulmates.




- The Major Destinations. Must-see tourist hotspots, shops, and shows.




- Shopping and Nightlife



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781429941976
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 04/17/2007
Sold by: Macmillan
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Paul Carr is co-founder of the cross-media publishing house The Friday Project, and founding editor of the award-winning satirical "comment sheet," The Friday Thing (www.thefridaything.co.uk). He regularly speaks about new media at events around the world, and is the author of eleven books.


Graham Pond is a journalist, editor of various online newsletters, and editor-in-chief of Fridaycities.com. He has lived in various European cities but has now settled in London where, like his avatar in Second Life, he can often be found lounging around in an Elvis wig and a skirt.


Paul Carr is co-founder of the cross-media publishing house The Friday Project, and founding editor of the award-winning satirical "comment sheet," The Friday Thing. He regularly speaks about new media at events around the world, and is the author of books including The Upgrade and The Unofficial Tourist's Guide to Second Life.
Graham Pond is a journalist, editor of various online newsletters, and editor-in-chief of Fridaycities.com. He has lived in various European cities but has now settled in London where, like his avatar in Second Life, he can often be found lounging around in an Elvis wig and a skirt.
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