OPAL Archive: Second Life Literary Festival

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Archive of Second Life Literary Festival (February 2, 2008)

The Value of Podcasting presented by Sam Chupp (Alexander Basiat in SL).
- Streaming audio of Sam Chupp's talk (playback time 49:04)
- MP3 audiorecording of Sam Chupp's talk (15 MB; playback time 49:04 )

Publishing Communities in Second Life presented by Selina Greene.
- Text Chat of Selina Greene's talk

Italian Fantasy Novels presented by Eadoin Welles.
- Streaming audio of Eadoin Welles' talk (playback time 39:38)
- MP3 audiorecording of Eadoin Welles' talk (11.8 MB; playback time 39:38)

The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries, the book and the discussion, led by the author Marilyn Johnson (Marilena Basevi in SL).
- Text Chat of the Basevi talk

The Benefits and Pitfalls of Internet Serialization presented by Steve Miller, co-author (with Sharon Lee) of the Liaden Universe series of science fiction novels.
- Streaming audio of Steve Miller's comments (playback time 26:48)
- MP3 audiorecording of Steve Miller's comments (24.5 MB; playback time 26:48)

Excerpts from the Summary of the Last War of the Ashivah Series read by the author Glenn Manewell (Tristan Meriman in SL)
- Streaming audio of Glenn Manewell's reading (playback time 42:27)
- MP3 audiorecording of Glenn Manewell's reading (38.8 MB; playback time 42:27)