Each essay in Virtual Identity explores a different facet of online identities: those personae adapted, imposed, or suggested by computer games, email, chat rooms, blogs, instant messaging software, or other online sites. With great clarity and originality, they examine the opportunities, fluidity, and problematics of the brave new world of virtual identity creation. This book will be of great interest to both lay and academic audiences, particularly students of technical communication.--Anthony Flinn, Eastern Washington University