Finally.
The Manosphere book went live on Kindle last night, just before midnight.
The story of how the book came to be, came to be written, and then how it went through a gazillion editions before, alas, I was forced to publish it myself (it wasn't rejected, exactly . . . it's complicated) is freakin' epic.
If I promised you a review copy and you haven't received one, email me. I'm a little out of it.
The book is not intended to be exhaustive -- it's an intro and a survey, not an in-depth study, even at a robust 270,000 words. The number of bloggers and experts on various things I mention is vast, yet there is still so, so much more of the perpetually-evolving Manosphere to chart. This is intended as a place to begin the journey, not end it.
Among the notables quoted within are:
Hugh Hefner
Robert Bly
Camille Paglia
Dalrock
Ferdinan Bardimu
The Society of Phineas
Dr. Albert Mohler
Kevin Deride
William Bennett
Christy Krumm
The Private Man
Hailey of Hailey’s Halo
Deti
TakenInHand.com
Sexo Grammaticus
Cath Eliot
Warren Farrell
The Spearhead.
Manboobz
A Voice for Men
Roger O. Thornhill
John the Other
Jack Donovon
Michael Kimmel
Sam Keen
George Lucas
Badger
Peggy Noonan
Rollo Tomassi
Hugo Schwyzer
Susan Walsh
Dr. Andrea Doulcet
Sara Ruddick
Suzanne Bianchi
Good Men Project
National Organization of Women
Joe Kelly
Jenny Thalheimer
James Poniewozik
Emily Goulding
Chloe Angyal
Neil Shyminski
Dr. Roy F. Baumeister
Average Married Dad
Erik von Markovic
Roissy
Roosh
Neil Strauss
Jonathan Frost
Liza Mundy
Kasey Edwards
Andrea Dworkin
Dr. Philip Zimbardo
Nikita Duncan
Joe Francis
Victor Assange
Tucker Max
John Gray, PhD
Dr. Helen Fisher
Dr. Emily Nagoski
Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam
Dr. Vicki Levkoff
Bill Powell
Marina DelVecchio
Athol Kay
And many more!
So check it out, review it, tell me if you think it sucks, tell your friends if you think it's good, and generally let me know I haven't been spinning my wheels for the last two years on this project.
More promo stuff to come, but I thought I'd at least let y'all know. Oh, and I uploaded it yesterday in honor of my brother Sylvester's birthday. Happy b-day, li'l bro!
The POD version should be ready in plenty of time for giving a copy to Dad on Father's Day (fingers crossed) but I will probably release more versions on more platforms as time goes on.
Oh, and very, very little of it is recycled blog content. Just sayin'. I wouldn't charge you that much if most of it wasn't new material.
(Oh, and my editor killed a few quotes . . . including John Scalzi's. The note said (??? Not important or well known enough to be of interest - cut). Life's hard out here for a Gammarabbit.)
(Oh, and my editor killed a few quotes . . . including John Scalzi's. The note said (??? Not important or well known enough to be of interest - cut). Life's hard out here for a Gammarabbit.)