A Different Street

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, by David Hadju
Criticisms of comic books back in the day sound EXACTLY like criticisms of violent video games (e.g. Grand Theft Auto IV) today.

Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
Geeks simply cannot resist the temptation to lecture about their enthusiasms. It doesn’t make for great fiction.

Cf. Syndrome in “The Incredibles,” ~ minute 1:43. “You got me monologuing!”

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