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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
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Binding: Imitation Leather
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.73
EAN: 9780060554736
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0060554738
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 452
Publication Date: September 01, 2005
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: September 06, 2005
Studio: William Morrow
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Editorial Review:
Are you just another AFC ("average frustrated chump") trying to meet an HB ("hot babe")? How would you like to "full-close" with a Penthouse Pet of the Year? The answers, my friend, are in Neil Strauss's entertaining book The Game. Strauss was a self-described chick repellant--complete with large, bumpy nose, small, beady eyes, glasses, balding head, and, worst of all, painful shyness around women. He felt like "half a man." That is, until a book editor asked him to investigate the community of pickup artists. Strauss's life was transformed. He spent two years bedding some fine chiquitas and studying with some of the North America's most suave gents--including the best of them all, the God of the pickup "community," a man named Mystery.
Mystery is an aspiring Toronto magician who charges $2,250 for a weekend pickup workshop. He is not much to look at: a cross between a vampire and a computer geek. But by using high-powered marketing techniques he's turned seduction into an effortless craft--even inventing his own vocabulary. His technique sounds like a car salesman's tip sheet: his main rule is FMAC--find, meet, attract, close. He employs the "three-second rule"--always approach a woman within three seconds of first seeing her in order to avoid getting shy. Other tricks: Intrigue a beautiful woman by pretending to be unaffected by her charm; also, never hit on a woman right away. Start with a disarming, innocent remark, like "Do you think magic spells work?" or "Oh my god, did you see those two girls fighting outside?" And finally, the most important characteristic of the pickup artist--smile.
After two years, Strauss ends up becoming almost as successful as Mystery, but he comes to an important realization. His techniques were actually off-putting to the woman he ended up falling in love with. And they never prepared him for actually having a relationship. After a while, he ran out of one-liners and had to have a real conversation. Still, The Game is a great read that may help some AFCs come out of their shells. --Alex Roslin
Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss, the bestselling author, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. The result is one of the most explosive and controversial books of the year -- guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever.
On his journey from AFC (average frustrated chump) to PUA (pick-up artist) to PUG (pick-up guru), Strauss not only shares scores of original seduction techniques but also has unforgettable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love. And then things really start to get strange -- and passions lead to betrayals lead to violence. The Game is the story of one man's transformation from frog to prince -- to prisoner in the most unforgettable book of the year.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Amazing, fascinating, funny and an easy read.
Just after reading the intro i was smitten by the book. I have hardly ever laughed so hard while reading anything. I find myself thinking back at events that went bad or good, and realizing now why it did.
This is a great book for any boy or men from 15 and up.
If you can't handle the content of the book then you can't handle real life.
This books is straight forward and shows how much you can accomplish with a little self esteem and confidence.
So Buy it, read ... Read More
Rating: - Very inspiring
This book demonstrates what's possible for any guy. Also recommend "Secrets of the A Game" by Logan Edwards and "Mystery Method" by Mystery.
Rating:  - okay, but uncaring
Similar to Cougars, Poptarts & One Night Stands by Billy Conroy. I thought both books cared little about women's feelings. The guys simply want short-term relationships.
Rating: - How could anyone not like this book???
It's well written, funny and highly entertaining. It's not a 'how to' manual on picking up chicks, it's the author's experience on journey going from an Average Frustrated Chump (AFC) to Pick Up Guru (PUG). Highly recommended.
Rating:  - A good book!
When I got this book the look of it was fantastic. After I got about 3 quarters of the way through, honestly I had trouble to keep reading. I got onto this book from a friend from my hypnotist group, he said to have a look how they are using waking hypnosis. THAT PART FANTASTIC. It is just the author lost me after a while.
Good book though.
P.S. From some of the reviews I have read on this book, I don't know why but people are regarding this as a self help book. This is ... Read More
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