''Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate'' is a memoir by indie video game developer
Zoë Quinn about their experiences as the target of
Gamergate
Gamergate or GamerGate (GG) was a loosely organized online misogyny, misogynistic online harassment campaign motivated by a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. It was conducted using the ...
and in countering
online abuse.
Reception
Critics praised what they described as Quinn's honest and sober outlook in the face of harassment.
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Kirkus Reviews
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'' wrote that the book's presentation was sometimes scattered in switching between personal anecdote and online safety advice.
The book was nominated for the 2018
Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by th ...
for
Best Related Work (''i.e.'', non-fiction work related to
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
or
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
).
"2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced" Tor.com 3-31-2018
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2017 non-fiction books
American memoirs
Books about video games
English-language non-fiction books
Gamergate (harassment campaign)
PublicAffairs books
Works about cyberbullying
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