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Second Lives

A Journey Through Virtual Worlds

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Second Lives

Written by: Tim Guest
Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
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 Second Lives takes us on a revelatory journey through the electronic looking glass as Tim Guest investigates one of the most bizarre phenomena of the 21st century: virtual lives.

Each week, 35 million to 50 million people worldwide abandon reality for virtual worlds. They create a virtual body, work virtual jobs, and make virtual friends and family. And as online communities like SecondLife, EverQuest, and MySpace attract more members, the lines between the real and the imaginary become blurry. After all, in these virtual realities, you can build houses, make and sell works of art, earn real money, and get married and divorced. On web sites like eBay, people sell virtual clothes and rent virtual property for real cash, for a total of nearly $800 million worth each year.

©2008 Tim Guest (P)2008 Blackstone Audo, Inc. Computer Science History & Culture Sociology Virtual World
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"Rich and colourful....an important mapping of a new social frontier." (Guardian)

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