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Who's Gonna Cry When OldJohn23 Dies?

Jesse Walker | 7.6.2004 11:04 AM

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Ryan Boddy asks: When your soul exits and your body expires, what happens to your online avatars?

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Books Editor Jesse Walker is the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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