books.google.co.uk - This book looks at the origins and the many contemporary meanings of the virtual. Rob Shields shows how the construction of virtual worlds has a long history. He examines the many forms of faith and hysteria that have surrounded computer technologies in recent years. Moving beyond the technologies themselves...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_virtual.html?id=x6JLD8pHdhIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe virtual