Dalian Hansen

Infobox Writer
name = Dalian Hansen

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imagesize = 250px
birth_date = April 06, 2006
birth_place = Second Life, Metaverse
occupation = Virtual Author
genre = Science Fiction / Alternate Reality
status = Virtual

Dalian Hansen is the avatar and pseudonym of an American photographer and creative director in Second Life. [cite web
last = Ousley
first = Marvel
title = Novel uses Second Life® as backdrop
publisher = SLNN.com
date = 14 June 2007
url = http://www.slnn.com/index.php?SCREEN=article&about=anima-dalian-hansen ]

Biography

In 2007 Dalian Hansen became the first virtual entity to write a complete work of fiction as a computer-simulated individual. [http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/an-interview-with-dalian-hansen-second-lifes-first-in-world-novelist/ An interview with Dalian Hansen, Second Life’s first in-world novelist] His entire book, "" was Avatar-typed within Second Life on a series of notecards. These electronic documents were then exported to real life where he spellchecked and polished the text.

Virtual History

* "Creation" (2006 April 04) - Avatar created in Second Life
* "Creative Director" (2006) - monthly Second Life magazine, SLBusiness
* "Co-Developer" (2007) - SLQuery.com data engine service
* "Creative Director" (2007) - Tretiak Media LLC [http://www.slquery.com/team About Dalian Hansen]
* "Architect" (2007) - IBM [cite web
last = Pearl
first = Brooks
title = IBM BeNeLux sim mixes whimsy, business and functionality
publisher = SLNN.com
date = 17 May 2007
url = http://www.slnn.com/index.php?SCREEN=article&about=ibm-benelux] and ABN-AMRO Islands
* "Author" (2007) - ANIMA: a novel about Second Life

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