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1	Black Water more books like this by D J MacHale add to wishlist In this fifth installment of D.J. MacHale's bestselling series, 15-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he finally understands his purpose as a Traveler--to protect territories and worlds from the evil Saint Dane. But now the rules are beginning to change, and Bobby must make a difficult choice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Secret Agent Handbook more books like this by Katherine Noll add to wishlist On Club Penguin, kids can take a test to make their penguin a Secret Agent; then, they go on a series of exciting, simulated missions. In this top secret guide, Secret Agent G tells readers about their missions and the gadgets they can use to keep Club Penguin safe and sound. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| SVS
3	Second Life: The Official Guide more books like this by Michael Rymaszewski, Wagner James Au, Mark Wallace add to wishlist "Second Life: The Official Guide" is the perfect book for anyone interested in Linden Lab's fascinating Second Life metaverse. This book explores in detail every aspect of Second Life's rich and multilayered virtual world, explains how it works, and offers a wealth of information and practical advice for all Second Life residents. The first part ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Ultimate Official Guide to Club Penguin, Volume 1 more books like this by Katherine Noll add to wishlist This book leads readers on an in-depth tour of Club Penguin, letting them in on tricks and shortcuts. Readers will get tips on how to play games on the site, how to adopt a puffle, decorate their igloo, and much more! see all copies from $2.13! new only from $5.66! \| SVS
5	Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace more books like this by Janet Horowitz Murray, Janet Horowitz-Murray add to wishlist Here, Murray shows how the computer is reshaping the stories we live by and discusses the properties and pleasures of digital environments and connects them with the traditional satisfactions of narrative. She analyzes the dramatic satisfaction of participatory stories and considers what would be necessary to move interaction fiction from the ... see all copies from $7.25! new only from $15.28! \| SVS
6	The Reality Bug more books like this by D J MacHale add to wishlist In pursuit of the evil Saint Dane, Bobby Pendragon arrives in the Veelox territory, where the inhabitants have discovered a way to live in a dream realm. Can Bobby resist the lure of the ultimate escape? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| SVS
7	Idoru more books like this by William Gibson add to wishlist The lead singer of the rock band Lo/Rez wants to marry a computer personality construct, a decision that causes shock waves around the planet. A member of the Seattle branch of his fan club travels to Japan to determine whether the horrible rumor is true. However, can someone really marry a hologram? Is she real? And what does "real" mean anyway ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Oh My Goth more books like this by Gena Showalter add to wishlist Fiercely independent high school senior Jade Leigh is every bit the nonconformist. With her goth appearance and her sarcastic wit, she doesn't hide her disdain for her lame teachers or the boring jocks in her classes. Who needs them, she values her individuality and free thinking more than anything else in the world. But everything changes after ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Heir Apparent more books like this by Vivian Vande Velde add to wishlist In the virtual reality game "Heir Apparent," there are too many ways to get killed--and Giannine is finding them all. Unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, and defeat the dragon, she'll never win. And she has to, because losing means she'll die--for real. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Working Virtually: Challenges of Virtual Teams more books like this by Robert Jones add to wishlist Virtual teams have been used to leverage scarce and distributed resources for many years. Expense reductions, health epidemics, air travel safety, and complex supply chains have only intensified this need. General best practices for leading and participating in virtual teams are well known but why are there still misconceptions about their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
11 view cover	Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot more books like this by Julian Dibbell add to wishlist Play Money explores a remarkable new phenomenon that's just beginning to enter public consciousness: MMORPGs, or Massively MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games, in which hundreds of thousands of players operate fantasy characters in virtual environments the size of continents. With city-sized populations of nearly full-time players, these games ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human more books like this by Tom Boellstorff add to wishlist Millions of people around the world today spend portions of their lives in online virtual worlds. Second Life is one of the largest of these virtual worlds. The residents of Second Life create communities, buy property and build homes, go to concerts, meet in bars, attend weddings and religious services, buy and sell virtual goods and services, ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $29.95! \| SVS
13 view cover	An Introduction to Programming Using Alice more books like this by Charles W Herbert add to wishlist "Alice: An Introduction to Programming Using Virtual Reality" is designed to make learning programming easy for the novice user, with the help of Alice. Object-oriented programming can be quite a bit more challenging to learn than traditional programming. Alice is a software tool that was developed to help teach object-oriented programming in a ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $26.64! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Signal to Noise more books like this by Eric S Nylund add to wishlist Having cheated his way into the elite Academe of Pure and Applied Sciences, Jack Potter finds his chance for tenure threatened by a rival before receiving a message from the stars that entangles him in a web of deceit and betrayal. Reprint. LJ. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Halting State more books like this by Charles Stross add to wishlist In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. The investigation seems pointless, but she soon realizes that the virtual world may have a devastating effect in the real one--and that someone is about to launch an attack upon both. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Designing Virtual Worlds more books like this by Richard Bartle add to wishlist Designing Virtual Worlds is the most comprehensive treatment of virtual world design to-date from one of the true pioneers and most sought-after design consultants. It's a tour de force of VW design, stunning in intellectual scope, spanning the literary, economic, sociological, psychological, physical, technological, and ethical underpinnings of ... see all copies from $20.99! new only from $29.27! \| SVS
17 view cover	Donnerjack more books like this by Roger Zelazny, Jane M Lindskold add to wishlist When John D'Arcy Donnerjack's lover, the artificially intelligent Ayradyss, dies, he makes a deal with Death to return her to life. Donnerjack must give Death their firstborn child--a child who will be able to change the course of the universe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Idlewild more books like this by Nick Sagan add to wishlist In this first novel of a future-thriller trilogy by the son of noted astronomer Carl Sagan, a young man is suddenly startled awake to find he has no memory--and someone is trying to kill him. "A genuine page turner . . . like a roller-coaster ride of fusion fiction."--Neil Gaiman ("The Sandman"). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Hot-Wired Dodo more books like this by Jack L Chalker add to wishlist This is the third book in the Wonderland Gambit series. In order to break his cycle of constant reincarnation, Cory Maddox has to find Brand, the creator of the virtual-reality machine in which he seems to be trapped. Unfortunately, its simulations are impossible distinguish from reality, and even if Cory finds Brand, how will he tell if he is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.70! \| first editions
20 view cover	Mirror Worlds: Or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean more books like this by David Hillel Gelernter add to wishlist This study takes the reader on a tour of the computer technology of the future - particularly the ability to use computers to mirror virtual reality. These images of reality depicted on computer screens, known as mirror worlds, will allow users to explore concepts in unprecedented detail. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.44! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Virtual War more books like this by Gloria Skurzynski add to wishlist In this futuristic story, global contamination has necessitated limited human contact. Corgan, a genetically engineered soldier, has prepared all his life to fight for the Federation in a bloodless computer-controlled virtual war over the only uncontaminated land left on Earth. However, when Corgan breaks the rules of the Federation and meets two ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.83! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Old Twentieth more books like this by Joe Haldeman add to wishlist In this science-fiction mystery by the author of THE FOREVER WAR, an engineer must find the cause of mysterious deaths aboard a starship. After a war demolishes most of the population and property on Earth, a group of wealthy immortals embarks on a 1,000-year journey in search of a habitable planet. En route, the passengers amuse themselves with a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Plowing the dark more books like this by Richard Powers add to wishlist In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, a bland white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war-torn city on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in an empty white room...Adie ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	How Computer Games Help Children Learn more books like this by David Williamson Shaffer, James Paul Gee (Foreword by) add to wishlist Combining years of research and classroom experience, Shaffer makes a compelling argument for the educational power of computer games as tools to help children learn about real world issues.Gaming is a hot topic - $10 billion game industry, new international gamers conferences, and record-breaking sales on interactive games for all ages. As ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.48! \| SVS
25 view cover	Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments: From Realism to Real-Time more books like this by Mel Slater, Yiorgos Chrysanthou, Anthony Steed add to wishlist This book provides a clear tutorial guide to essential concepts in computer graphics, including state-of-the-art techniques and novel applications such as virtual reality and other forms of 3D interaction. Providing a rich source of examples with which to experiment, and encouraging the development of programming skills, this book is ideal for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.00! \| SVS

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