Living and Dying in a Virtual WorldThis book takes readers into stories of love, loss, grief and mourning and reveals the emotional attachments and digital kinships of the virtual 3D social world of Second Life. At fourteen years old, Second Life can no longer be perceived as the young, cutting edge environment it once was, and yet it endures as a place of belonging, fun, role play and social experimentation. In this volume, the authors argue that far from facing an impending death,