My tiny life : crime and passion in a virtual world
"Julian Dibbell's reporting of the 'Mr. Bungle' rape case first appeared as the cover story in The Village Voice. Since that time it has become a cause célèbre, cited as a landmark case in numerous books and articles and a source of less discussion on the Internet. That's because the scene of the crime was a 'Multi-User Domain,' an electronic 'salon' where Internet junkies have created their own interactive fantasy realm. In a 'place' where race, ger, and identity are infinitely malleable, the addictive denizens had thought they'd escaped all traditional cultural and moral limits. Yet Mr. Bungle's primal transgression challenged all their illusions, confronting even this electronic utopia with the same issues of order and social norms that humanity has faced since the Stone Age. When this fantasy imbroglio threatens Dibbell's actual marriage, we see how the virtual world at once mirrors and mocks real life." - Amazon.com
Print Book, English, 1998
1st ed
Holt, New York, 1998