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Elfish Gene : Dungeons, Dragons and Growing up Strange by Mark Barrowcliffe (2008, Hardcover)

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PublisherSOHO Press, Incorporated

ISBN-101569475229

ISBN-139781569475225

eBay Product ID (ePID)65965018

Product Key Features

Book TitleElfish Gene : Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSociology / General, General, Literary, Role Playing & Fantasy, Life Stages / Adolescence, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2008

GenreLiterary Criticism, Family & Relationships, Social Science, Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMark Barrowcliffe

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-012471

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Funny . . . [Barrowcliffe's] gently knowing style makes the pain of identification a pleasure."- Entertainment Weekly "Mark Barrowcliffe's humorous, self-deprecating memoir of his misspent youth, 'The Elfish Gene,' is another welcome addition to the growing 'nerdsploitation' genre."-Associated Press "Hilarious, unbelievably well-remembered . . . begs a movie adaptation. . . . Barrowcliffe writes . . . with uncommon insight."- The Seattle Times "In the best tradition of British humor. . . . Laugh-out-loud funny."- The Christian Science Monitor "Wonderfully captures the insensitivity, insecurity and selfishness of the adolescent male."- Publishers Weekly , starred review

Dewey Decimal823.92

Synopsis"[Barrowcliffe] writes how D&D twisted his teenage development - and about how twisted teenage development is in general. It's easy to read in a weekend, and thanks to several hilarious, unbelievably well-remembered recountings of dialogue-heavy extreme nerdiness, begs a movie adaptation."- Seattle Times "Barrowcliffe's retrospective self-awareness is by turns poignant and amusing ... as fantasy movies dominate the box office; the author offers a timely, appropriate memoir of addiction recovery ... worth a few hours holed up in the basement." - Kirkus Reviews "I urge you to buy it yourself and make up your own mind. You'll love discussing it with your friends. There's not a whole lot written about gaming, especially from the inside, and The Elfish Gene belongs in every gamer's library." -Enter the Octopus Blog "This is a good, funny book, and I am enjoying the heck out of it so far. Barrowcliffe ... has an excellent writing style that is light and funny, and when he describes the game, you feel his excitement as he rolls the dice.... I hope [it] intrigues you as much as it intrigued me." -Geekscribe.com Summer, 1976. Twelve-year-old Mark Barrowcliffe had a chance to be normal. He blew it. While other teenagers were being coolly rebellious, Mark-and twenty million other boys in the 1970s and '80s-chose to spend his entire adolescence pretending to be a wizard, a warrior, or an evil priest. Armed only with pen, paper, and some funny-shaped dice, this lost generation gave themselves up to the craze of fantasy role-playing games. Spat at by bullies and laughed at by girls, they now rule the world. They were the geeks, the fantasy war gamers, and this is their story. Mark Barrowcliffe grew up in Coventry, England. He worked as a stand-up comedian before writing his first hit novel, Girlfriend 44 . He has written two other acclaimed comic novels, Lucky Dog and Infidelity for First-Time Fathers . He lives in Brighton, England. From the Hardcover edition.

LC Classification NumberPR6052.A7263Z46 2008