Will reading this book give me insight into the mindset of Gen X?

>>9405174
No, it'll give potential insight into a writer who doesn't know how to write outside of pop-culture references though.

Can someone tldr the book?

>>9405253
epic memes and so nerdy references.

Easily one of my top 5 favorite books!

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"Being human totally sucks most of the time.
Videogames are the only thing that
make life bearable."
—Anorak’s Almanac, Chapter 91, Verses 1–2

"First we will be best, then we will be first."

"Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."

"127.0.0.1 sweet 127.0.0.1"

>>9405382
this can't be real

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>>9405174
Not all of Gen X, no. But it'll give you insight into the specific subset of the Gen X ethos that latches onto nerd culture media to derive a sense of meaning; i.e. the ethos that often gets reduced to or described as "literally rebbit".

Pic related about sums up the book.

For additional reading on the subject, I'd also suggest the autobiography "Super Mario Bros. 3" by Bob Chipman.

>>9405248
this

>>9405253
yeah, sure. please don't read it, the plot is a masturbatory array of nothing but pop culture references and shitty characters

>autistic millionaire video game mogul dies
>makes challenge so that anyone who can find an easter egg in his game/VR thing inherits his company and fortune
>neckbeards get obsessed with challenge
>one neckbeard finds the first hint
>becomes rich and popular, but others soon follow, including an extremely generic evil megacorporation who wants to win the challenge
>gets a legbeard gf (who soon dumps him) and makes some japanese stereotype friends
>wins challenge because deus ex machina courtesy of creator's friend
>his best friend turns out to be a black lesbian in a very poorly done twist
>neckbeards live happily ever after, megacorp gets shut down, etc.

I haven't read it in a while, and I don't plan to touch it again, so I might have missed something or remembered wrong.

>>9405410
wtf is this garbage
I'm getting off 4chan, nothing motivates me to write like hearing shit books published

>>9405440
happy to help motivate you :D

but yeah, the book was atrocious

>>9405382
What does that last one even mean? If someone proves you wrong with experience and understanding they are an "idiot?"

>>9405556
>not getting a simple proverb
You're an idiot.

>>9405395
You should also watch RedLetterMedia's "Nerd crew" videos. They're a parody of said mindset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sExTt4j69zI

I kind of want to read Ready Player One as a satire of reddit-ish pop culture reference obsession and escapism. Plus it would be hilarious to have a copy of Ready Player One on my shelf. I just don't want to give the guy who wrote it any money. What do

>>9406168
Try looking for it in torrent sites.

>>9406168
ebay

>>9406168
>borrow it from the library in some town you never go to
>never give it back

e.z.p.z.

>>9405382
The second to last one is pretty funny to me. How much of a pleb am I?

>>9406333
I'm pretty sure that's a quote that's posted around the internet all the time attributed to some famous science man

>>9405568
You really shouldn't try to argue with him, then.

>>9405174
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgy3PEVPXrQ
Just watch this catkin audiobook it.

>>9406346
Jfc

>>9407239
see what I meant when I called him a neckbeard in the tldr?

>>9405395
Is that pic from the actual book?

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>>9407318
Yes.

Seems like the kind of book that targets 30 year olds who still has the word 'epic' in their everyday vocabulary.

>>9407337

New /lit/ game - is the excerpt from Cline's "Ready Player One" or Rodgers' "My Twisted World" ?

>>9406346
>>9405395
no way

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>>9408462
Way. The book is pure trash. I'm actually embarrassed to own it.

>>9408477
dude why the fuck did you buy ready player one?

>>9408506
Got it as a gift shortly after it came out because "you liked Snow Crash, right? This is just like that, only better."

(not all my friends have good taste, alas)

>>9408508
I thought Neal Stephenson was a meme.

>>9408517
He basically is, though Snow Crash and Diamond Age are at least self aware-enough of their pulp genre and written with enough verve to be kind of fun, even if they're essentially still fluff. Later Stephenson is much worse, though still better than dreck like Cline.

>>9408477
>be me
>nerdy autist with no friends
>read this book
>emphasise with Halliday on spiritual level
>come back over a year later
>hate everything about this book
This feels quite weird.

>>9408640
Congratulations! you grew on a personal level

>>9408650
Thanks /pol/.

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>>9405395
>And, of course, Kevin Smith.
>Phasers locked on target.
>Go. Speed Racer. Go.
>I memorized every last Bill Hicks stand-up routine.
>Did you know that Midnight Oil was an Australian band, with a 1987 hit titled "Beds Are Burning"?

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>>9405395
>>9406346
>>9407337
How does this end? How do we stop this?

>>9406168
Buy a used copy

I see it quite often at thrift stores but never touch it so the employees don't think I'm a plebbitor

>>9407337
Wow, it's literally "I'm such a nerd xD": The Book

>>9406244
Then they will buy another copy, anon. Not so easy peasy after all...

>>9408681
The worst part for me, for some reason, was
>I tended to agree
For some reason it just makes me want to destroy something with rage.

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>>9405395
>that anime section
>those directors
>the implication that midnight oil is even remotely obscure
I was expecting Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, but holy fuck that's bad

>>9405395
yea, it's shit but it's a fucking kids book. everyone needs to get a grip. the average person reading this book is probably in the 16-22 range and is probably having their mind blown with the mountain of references they've never heard of.

>>9409020
the average person reading that book has a sub 100 IQ, don't blame it on age

>>9409043
if you're over 25 then yes. guaranteed most of the readers are in high school though. that's clearly the target market for the book.

>>9409020
It isn't a kids book, numbnuts

>>9409043
>he thinks IQ is a thing
kys

>>9409050
As if, it's a nostalgia pander. The success of this type of shit is all about making normal people feel like part of a special little fucking club without them having to do shit all except live their life.

>>9409055
t. retardo trying to excuse his lack of intelligence

>>9409052
>It isn't a kids book, numbnuts
how many adult books are about a nerdy outcast high schooler? this book is for precocious teenagers that want to feel like they're reading something mature.

>>9409080
highschoolers are hardly kids anymore, I think you underestimate them. A precocious highschooler reads Dostoevsky and Melville, a precocious twelve year old reads Dune.
It's a "young adult" book. It's read by 20-something dregs of r*ddit who dream of starting a booktube if only they could finish the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

>>9409102
>highschoolers are hardly kids anymore, I think you underestimate them. A precocious highschooler reads Dostoevsky and Melville, a precocious twelve year old reads Dune.
point taken. yea high schoolers are smarter than i give them credit for.

still the target market couldn't have been 30 year olds looking for a nostalgia trip. it seems very geared towards kids but adults unexpectedly picked it up. all im saying is there's no need to shit on a kids book for being shitty

>>9407337
>non serif font

>>9405468
I liked it

when I was 12

>>9409120
>still the target market couldn't have been 30 year olds looking for a nostalgia trip
It was.

>>9407337
>Darwinian xD
Why do dumb-dumb nerds think that bringing up Darwin and evolution will somehow make them smart?

>>9409325
I can't even see the point he's making with it? What traits or people were being selected according to their adaptation to that high school environment?

Or did he just mean he was struggling to survive? Because that it a different thing altogether. It makes me really mad.

>>9406348
George Carlin iirc, not a science man, but close enough