- Reception
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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| name = Crash Override
| author = Zoë Quinn
| image = Crash Override (2017 book hardcover edition).jpg
| caption = Hardcover (2017)
| genre = Nonfiction, Memoir[1]
| published = 2017 (PublicAffairs)
| pages = 256
| isbn = 978-1-61039-808-4
| isbn_note =
}}{{external media |video1=[https://www.bookforum.com/video/18620/mode=large The author discusses the book at the Strand Bookstore]}}Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate is a book-length memoir by indie video game developer Zoë Quinn about her experiences as the target of Gamergate and in countering online abuse. Reception Critics praised Quinn's honest and sober outlook in the face of harassment.[2][3] Kirkus Reviews wrote that the book's presentation was sometimes scattered in switching between personal anecdote and online safety advice.{{r|Kirkus}} The book was nominated for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Related Work (i.e., non-fiction work related to science fiction or fantasy).[4] References 1. ^{{cite web|title=Crash Override|url=http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/book/crash-override/9781610398084|website=www.publicaffairsbooks.com|publisher=PublicAffairs Books|accessdate=16 September 2017|language=en}}
2. ^{{Cite journal |title=Rev. of Crash Override by Zoë Quinn |journal=Kirkus Reviews |date=2017-06-05 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zoe-quinn/crash-override/ |df=mdy-all }}
3. ^{{cite web|last1=Peterson|first1=Latoya|title=In 'Crash Override,' Zoe Quinn Shares Her Boss Battle Against Online Harassment|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/09/08/548661962/in-crash-override-zoe-quinn-shares-her-boss-battle-against-online-harassment|website=NPR.org|accessdate=September 15, 2017|language=en}}
4. ^[https://www.tor.com/2018/03/31/2018-hugo-award-finalists-announced/ "2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced" Tor.com 3-31-2018]
Further reading {{refbegin}}- {{Cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |title=Zoë Quinn tells her story |work=Polygon |date=2017-09-06 |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/9/6/16262830/zoe-quinn-book-review-gamergate-crash-override |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Fleming, Jr. |first1=Mike |title=Amy Pascal Wins Zoe Quinn's Gamergate Memoir 'Crash Override' |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=2015-11-06 |url=http://deadline.com/2015/11/zoe-quinn-crash-override-gamergate-memoir-amy-pascal-1201611420/ |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |title=Gamergate Target Zoe Quinn Can Teach Us How to Fight Online Hate |work=Wired |date=2017-09-02 |url=https://www.wired.com/2017/09/geeks-guide-zoe-quinn/ |accessdate=2017-09-05 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite news |last1=Giese |first1=Rachel |title=Review: Zoë Quinn’s Crash Override and Ellen Pao’s Reset explore the sexism of tech culture |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2017-09-29 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-zoe-quinns-crash-override-and-ellen-paos-reset-explore-the-sexism-of-tech-culture/article36431282/ |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Grossman |first1=Wendy M. |title=Crash Override, book review: Gamergate and the battle against online hate |work=ZDNet |date=2017-09-19 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/crash-override-book-review-gamergate-and-the-battle-against-online-hate/ |language=en |accessdate=2018-11-10 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Machkovech |first1=Sam |title=Crash Override book review: Defining what the Internet can learn from the G-word |work=Ars Technica |date=2017-09-11 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/crash-override-book-review-reclaiming-the-internet-for-geeks-who-break-the-mold/ |language=en-us |accessdate=2018-11-10 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |last1=Moon |first1=Mariella |title=Zoe Quinn's book about fighting online hate arrives Sept. 6th |work=Engadget |date=2017-04-04 |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/04/zoe-quinn-book-fighting-online-hate-pre-order/ |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |title=Nonfiction Book Review: Crash Override |work=Publishers Weekly |date=2017-07-24 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61039-808-4 |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
{{refend}} External links - {{official website|https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/zoe-quinn/crash-override/9781610398091/}}
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