FigginsJ on FletcherA: Coming of Age in Second Life

The cover depicts a digital character on a white background with the author's name in a a text bubble very like what one would see in a virtual chat medium. The title and subtitle are also depicted in a virtual "dialogue option" screen with buttons depicted to minimize, maximize, and flip forward and back. The commanding figure on cover is a darker skinned, feminine avatar. This is interesting in light of the original annotator's statement that, "many players of color found Linden’s options of diversity to be lacking and thus made their own skin colors. However, this took a high level of computer skill or the money to purchase such creating a skin economy within Second Life." The original annotator also described Second Life's  mode of expression for the LGBTQ community; the author's name is Tom which would lead one to assume a male-identifying character, but the subject of the cover may indicate that he chose a feminine person of color in Second Life. The cover seems to promise that the virtual life will challenge expectations and also previews some of the content.