Othersode #13: Nerd Porn Auteur / Ready Player One

Put on your haptic suits and join the Book Squad in Halliday’s OASIS as we discuss the new Steven Spielberg movie, "Ready Player One." We’ve got lots of thoughts and feelings about Parzival, Aech and Art3mis in the movie, as well as in Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel on which the film was based. Plus, the squad gets into some questionable poetry by Cline and dives into how Gamergate affects some feminist readings of the book and the movie. Also, hear what’s up on our next fullpisode and what’s on the #BookSquadBlog!1:00 – Summary and intro3:55 – What’s your favorite 80s movie?9:10 – Let’s jump into it—what is everyone saying about this movie? (Science Fiction by women, for reference: https://bookriot.com/2018/02/20/read-harder-sci-fi-novel-female-protagonist-by-a-female-author/)1:06 – Funny responses to the book/film Jenny Nicholson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWPMJwHrWFUMcSweeney's: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/excerpts-from-my-upcoming-novel-ready-player-two-girl-stuff 14:36 – Mary and Susan can overlook things; also, Artemis is cooler in the book!16:28 – Kelli’s big moment: the poem. Read along here: https://www.reddit.com/r/justneckbeardthings/comments/6pfmim/this_incredible_poem_by_ready_player_one_author/25:40 – How the poem relates to the movie 32:20 – Gamergate and RP1Vox article: https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/26/17148350/ready-player-one-book-backlash-controversy-gamergate-explained38:40 – Ok, let’s talk about the movie though 46:25 – The first challenge and why Mary is mad it was changed49:09 – But "The Shining" though!56:00 – Aech1:05:50 – Ratings!1:14:53 – Giveaway!!1:18:04 – What’s on the blog?Next time on #BSG: A review of "The Mothers" by Brit Bennett, and our BIRTHDAY!