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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CharlesRyan" data-source="post: 4589245" data-attributes="member: 5265">I've read The Elfish Gene; it's been out in the UK for a couple years.It was given to me by a fellow gamer who was so pissed off about it's anti-gamer attitude that he couldn't get past the first couple chapters.I can see why he felt that way: The book starts off seeming to say "I was an insufferable dork as a teenager, and D&D made me that way."By the end, however, the message clearly becomes "I was an insufferable dork as a teenager, and an obsession with D&D was the principal expression of that."Along the way, it is truly, often hysterically, funny. And sometimes quite poignant.The author is no wannabe who flirted with D&D for a few months. He was an early OD&D adopter who also delved deeply into other early games like Empire of the Petal Throne and early Traveller. Most of us who were around the hobby in the 70s will recognize not just some blast-from-the-past titles, but also that this guy was way more into gaming than even we were.I recommend it, but start reading with a thick skin. It's going to seem pretty anti-gaming/anti-dork in the early going. It gets better.(Oh, and hi, and welcome to EN World, Mark. Can I be the first to suggest that you post a sample chapter or two here?)</blockquote>