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Since its debut in 2003, Second Life has become increasingly referred by various popular culture mediums, including literary, television, film and music. In addition, various significantly-popular personalities in such mediums have themselves used or employed Second Life for both their own works and for private purposes. == Literature == *Catherine Asaro's novel Diamond Star takes place in a future where Second life has evolved into Life Million, an intelligent virtual reality universe extrapolated from Second Life. *In early 2008, a Second Life avatar was used as the cover art for (Dr. Theodore Rockwell's ) fiction novel - ''(The Virtual Librarian )''. The novel was introduced and promoted via Second Life by (TheSLAgency ). *The scifi book ''ANIMA: a novel about Second Life'' (ISBN 0-9763168-9-7) written by the avatar Dalian Hansen was published in July 2007. It was the first complete work of fiction based in the 3D virtual environment of ''Second Life'', and the plot included real world connections. It is book one of a trilogy that will include ANIMUS: Of Animus and Men and PERSONA: Persona Publica. *In Sam Bourne's 2007 thriller novel ''The Last Testament'', ''Second Life'' plays an important part in the story and in cracking of codes. *"Notre Seconde Vie" is a book from the French writer Alain Monnier which translates to "Our Second Life". The novel poses the question "will the Internet replace reading paperbound books one day?". *The 2007 novel ''Another Life'' by Peter Anghelides, based upon the television series ''Torchwood'', features a ''Second Life''-inspired virtual world called ''Second Reality''. Although the literary version is far more advanced than the real ''Second Life'', several features of the real-life ''Second Life'' are referenced, including the ability to customize avatars, and at one point in the novel a character is banished to an area similar to ''Second Life's'' punishment area, "The Corn Field". *In ''The Darkest Evening of the Year'' by Dean Koontz, one of the antagonists is a private detective who lives vicariously through his Second Life avatar. * ''Halting State'' by Charles Stross makes a casual reference to Second Life, though it is apparent that many major plot elements have been drawn from this virtual world and other metaverse platforms. (See appearances, below) * ''A Week in December'' by Sebastian Faulks describes a virtual reality game parodying Second Life called "Parallax", which is played by one of the main characters, Jenni Fortune. * ''Ready Player One'' by Ernest Cline in 2011 is mostly based inside the "OASIS", formally "Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation", which, as described, is very similar to Second Life, with support for future hardware. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Second Life in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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