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{{Short description|2005 Neil Strauss exposé of the pickup-artist scene}} | |||
{{Infobox book | |||
| image = 2007-04 Best seller III.JPG | |||
| caption = ''The Game'' on a bestseller table (Commons). | |||
| alt = The Game on a bookstore table | |||
| name = The Game | |||
| author = [[Neil Strauss]] | |||
| year = 2005 | |||
| publisher = ReganBooks | |||
| subject = Pickup-artist subculture | |||
| isbn = 0-06-055473-8 | |||
}} | |||
'''''The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists''''' (2005) is the book that made the [[seduction community]] a public story. Strauss writes as "Style," student of [[Mystery (pickup artist)|Mystery]]. It is the source civilians mean when they say "PUA."<ref name="game">{{cite book |last=Strauss |first=Neil |title=The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists |publisher=ReganBooks |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-055473-8}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last=Strauss |first=Neil |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/style/he-aims-he-shoots-yes.html |title=He Aims! He Shoots! Yes!! |newspaper=The New York Times |date=25 January 2004 |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> | |||
Use it as history and ethnography. Do not use it as a 2020s how-to; the club-routine layer is dated, the anxiety and social-proof observations are not. | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Mystery Method]] | |||
* [[Pickup artist]] | |||
* [[Peacocking]] | |||
* [[Negging]] | |||
* [[Project Hollywood]] | |||
* [[Owen Cook]] | |||
* [[List of pickup books]] | |||
* [[Demonstration of higher value]] | |||
* [[Set (pickup)]] | |||
* [[Kino]] | |||
* [[Qualification (pickup)]] | |||
* [[False time constraint]] | |||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Books]] | |||
[[Category:History of pickup]] | |||
Latest revision as of 01:02, 19 September 2026
 The Game on a bestseller table (Commons).
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| Author | Neil Strauss |
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| Subject | Pickup-artist subculture |
| Publisher | ReganBooks |
| Publication date | 2005 |
| ISBN | 0-06-055473-8
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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005) is the book that made the seduction community a public story. Strauss writes as "Style," student of Mystery. It is the source civilians mean when they say "PUA."[1][2]
Use it as history and ethnography. Do not use it as a 2020s how-to; the club-routine layer is dated, the anxiety and social-proof observations are not.
See also
- Mystery Method
- Pickup artist
- Peacocking
- Negging
- Project Hollywood
- Owen Cook
- List of pickup books
- Demonstration of higher value
- Set (pickup)
- Kino
- Qualification (pickup)
- False time constraint
References
- ↑ Strauss, Neil. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. ReganBooks. 2005. ISBN 0-06-055473-8.
- ↑ Strauss, Neil. He Aims! He Shoots! Yes!!. The New York Times. 25 January 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2026.