The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life

by Paul Bradley Carr, Graham Pond

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. A guide to the lively virtual shopping scene, and all manner of debauchery.

For Entrepreneurs. How to buy land or start a Second Life business.

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 17, 2007

About the author

Paul Bradley Carr is a journalist and author. He has written three memoirs about his adventures in and around Silicon Valley. He was the Silicon Valley columnist for The Guardian, senior editor at TechCrunch, cofounder of PandoDaily, and founder and editor-in-chief of the infamous NSFWCORP in Las Vegas. His writing has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, National Geographic, and much more. He lives in Palm Springs with his family and is the co-owner of The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was good, (3.5 stars at least) when it came out, but now it's out of date. However, it still raises good points about emotions and behaviours and what to expect on Second Life.