Cory Doctorow · 2010 · Novel
Setting: near future
Young adult science fiction set in the present or near future. The characters are "gold farmers" extracting virtual resources from online games and selling them to richer players. Their exploitation leads them to unionize, which leads to violence and trickery. In the virtual future, you must organize to survive At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the globe are engrossed in multiplayer online games, questing and battling to win virtual “gold,” jewels, and precious artifacts.
Source: OpenLibrary
Tags: online gaminggold farmingeconomicsFictionScience FictionunionsInternet gamesTeenagersEmployee rightsJuvenile fiction
isfdb_id: 1098147
openlibrary_id: OL14908230W
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