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Fantasy Freaks And Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest For Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, And Other Dwellers Of Imaginary Realms (2009)

by Ethan Gilsdorf(Favorite Author)

3.28 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1599214806 (ISBN13: 9781599214801)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Lyons Press

review 1: This book is full of self loathing and a total lack of respect for or perspective on Geek culture.If you're not a geek, you can read this and be confused by the nerd references and/ or laugh at geeks (Har har...stupid geeks with their dice and their unicorns and their celibacy).If you ARE a geek--like me--(Huzzah!), I think you'll just feel like you're being mocked by someone who used to be a part of the tribe and now is too busy blaming Geek culture for his own lack of social graces. This book made me roll my eyes so hard I gave myself a migraine. I do not recommend this book. To anyone.
review 2: An interesting look into various fantasy subcultures and the people in them. I found most interesting when he interviewed people I actually know and did things I was... more most familiar with.I had only two significant issues with the book. One, while it is supposed to be a quest, what he is questing for and the ultimate resolution of the quest doesn't quite make it into the book. I believe he is looking for some kind of balance between his love of geeky things and his belief that he is too old for that.Secondly the book is really about his dealing with the crappy hand dealt him while he was a kid. Fantasy stuff was an outlet for him back then and it really felt like he needed to deal with those underlying issues before dealing with the subject of the book.It was interesting and fairly well written, it just didn't quite fulfill its promise to me. less

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