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Ethan Gilsdorf is a journalist, poet, critic, editor, and teacher whose writings have appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, USA Today, Psychology Today, and National Geographic Traveler. He has appeared at conventions and on talk afficher plus radio as a fantasy and escapism expert. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. Follow Ethan at ethangilsdorf.com. afficher moins

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Date de naissance
1966-09-29
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male
Nationalité
USA

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Not much in the book I wasn't aware of but it was an easy read. A large section focused on MMOs for which I have really no interest and the LotR worship is a flashback to the pop-culture of the early aughts but kind of dates the book. LotR for me is already an over-tread subject so I didn't find that much interest within. If someone wasn't too familiar with the previously mentioned I might recommend the book to them.
 
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Ranjr | 6 autres critiques | Jul 13, 2023 |
Not enough fun was had in the writing of this book.
 
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nkmunn | 6 autres critiques | Nov 17, 2018 |
So this was pretty good but it always seems like the authors who write books about growing up gamers feel like it's a bad thing that they probably should hide or not be proud of. It's like the "normal" people finally got to them (or maybe they always felt embarrassed) and they feel like they have a disease. It always feels apologetic like and self denigrating like, "I used to play with toys, what a loser I was, now I'm an author."

Mr. Gilsdorf, in this book seems to fluctuate between saying, "Okay I give up I'm a geek." and "I refuse to let myself enjoy my childhood pastimes because I'm an adult now and people might think it's weird."

On the other hand, I've been a geek all my life and I never knew there were Harry Potter tribute bands. I also didn't know about a couple other things he covers in the book. So thanks for that EG.

Just one more note. The first chapter or two of this book deal with the author's mother and her health problems. It seemed a strange way to start the book, it was very dark and sad but it becomes more obvious later why it was included. So don't get scared off by that. The rest is a quest around the world examining everything geek (though it's more focused on fantasy than sci-fi).
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ragwaine | 6 autres critiques | Jun 19, 2013 |
This book explored the concept of escapism and chronicled the prevalence of that phenomenon in modern society. RPG gamers, online games, board games, and LARP-like activities are all covered in addition to more in depth examples of escapism.
 
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chsbellboy | 6 autres critiques | Jul 9, 2012 |

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Œuvres
3
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226
Popularité
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7
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