William Sims Bainbridge is the author of books about the real space program (The Spaceflight Revolution, Goals in Space, and The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight), and fictional representations of it (Dimensions of Science Fiction and The Virtual Future), as well as books about massively multiplayer online games (The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World and eGods: Faith Versus Fantasy in Computer Gaming). He is an experienced computer programmer, anthropological field researcher, and historical sociologist, with more than 200 articles and book chapters to his credit.
