Funny, incisive, and timely... Lawrence Kasdan, co-screenwriter ofThe Empire Strikes Back,Return of the Jedi,The Force Awakens, andSolo: A Star Wars Story
A.D. Jameson celebrates the triumph of geekdom inI Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing, an insightful and irreverent journey through the science fiction, fantasy, and superhero franchises that now dominate pop culture.
From the rise of geekdom from its underground origins to the top of the box office and bestseller lists, A.D. Jameson explores the mainstream acceptance and cultural value ofThe Lord of the Rings,Guardians of the Galaxy,Harry Potter,Star Trek, and, in particular,Star Warsas well as phenomena like fan fiction, cosplay, and YouTube parodies. Along the way, he blasts through the clich?s surrounding geek culture: that its fans are mindless consumers who will embrace all thingsSpider-ManorBatman, regardless of quality; or that the popularity and financial success ofStar Warsled to the death of ambitious filmmaking.
A lifelong geek, Jameson shines a new light on beloved classics, explaining the enormous loveand hatethey are capable of inspiring in fan and non-fan alike, while exploding misconceptions as to how and why they were made.I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbingtells the story of how the geeks have inherited the earth.
A. D. Jamesonis the author of several books, including
Cinemaps, a collaboration with the artist Andrew DeGraff. A former blogger for
HTML Giant, his fiction has appeared in
Conjunctions,
Denver Quarterly,
Unstuck, and elsewhere. He is a PhD candidate in the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Who is the audience for this book? I'm going to say everybody. . . . Jameson writes with an easy, welcoming prose style, as though you and he are friends, sitting around chatting about Wol'
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