My life in books

I must admit that when I 'picked up' a copy of Felicia Day's memoir You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), I didn't know much about her. I was aware that she had something to do with the online gaming community and was one of several women dealing with GamerGate harassment, but that was about it. Her book had cropped up on a few early Hugo recommendation lists as a potential nominee for Related Work, so I decided to check the book out for myself.

I now know somewhat more about Day, and am suitably impressed with her accomplishments. It's always good to see a fellow female nerd do well. I found her account of filming her webseries The Guild particularly interesting, as I was once a partner in a similar though far jess successful endeavour. Inventing props, begging for donated time, struggling to find an appropriate place to shoot.... All the memories came tumbling back. Our pilot didn't fare well - but had there been an Internet, and a Youtube then... but this is about Day's memoirs, not mine.

Day has a refreshing, quirky voice and an unusual background, which was sufficient to capture my interest. Her experiences in discovering and becoming part of the online gaming community, in getting started as an actor, in living life as a nerd, and her account of the effects that Gamergate harassment has had on her and other women in gaming, are all worth reading for anyone with interests in these areas.