{"id":1735,"date":"2007-12-17T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T20:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2007-12-17T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T23:02:06","slug":"the-most-anticipated-book-of-the-year-for-me-neil-strausss-rules-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1735","title":{"rendered":"The Most Anticipated Book Of The Year For Men"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neil Strauss’s "Rules Of The Game<\/a>."<\/p>\n

This stuff works. It helps men meet women and bed women.<\/p>\n

I don’t practice it (I’ve learned many things from it that I’ve incorporated into my life, but I’ve not bedded women through it) but I’m fascinated by it. Who wouldn’t be fascinated by speed seduction? It seems so contrary to nature that shlumpy men could get hot women into bed without paying for it.<\/p>\n

This book is the biggest news in the world this week. It has more significance to more people than anything else. Yet the MSM is too stuffy to cover it properly.<\/p>\n

Neil Strauss<\/a> is the king of pop culture writers. His books "The Game" and "Rules of the Game" have changed the world.<\/p>\n

"Rules" comes out Dec. 18. Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

"When I’m not f—ing, I’m chasing. When I’m not chasing, I’m fantasizing. When I’m not fantasizing, I’m working to achieve status so that I can better attract those I’m f—ing and chasing and fantasizing about. I have had sex with tens of thousands of women in my mind… If I can’t have them in real life, I will have them in my imagination. I am an addict. I am a man."<\/p>\n

Every physically healthy man is a sex addict unless they’re particularly moral or busy.<\/p>\n

Neil Strauss, aka Style, recommends<\/a>:
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A successful conversation opener should be spontaneous, motivated by curiosity and be interesting to most people.<\/p>\n

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Never ask a question that can be answered with a yes or no answer.<\/p>\n

Never start with "I’m sorry", "excuse me" or "pardon me". (Women are attracted to status rather than looks. A man of high status never apologises for his presence).<\/p>\n

Try, "you guys look like experts", or "can you help me settle a quick debate", or "let me get your take on this".<\/p>\n

A good opener will naturally lead to other questions and topics of conversation.<\/p>\n

Beware the common beginner mistake, milking the opener. As soon as you start struggling to keep a dying conversation topic going, you may as well get straight to the point and ask for sex.<\/p>\n

If you try hard, you die hard. One of the paradoxes of the game is that it takes a lot of effort to appear effortless.<\/p>\n

When talking to a woman, be prepared to walk away and talk to other people at the party. Give her the impression that if she doesn’t act soon, she’ll lose her chance.<\/p>\n

Make sure you pay attention to any men in a group you approach, otherwise they will try to end the interaction.<\/p>\n

If you think any of the men mistakenly believe you are hitting on them (not that there’s anything wrong with that), mention an ex-girlfriend or a crush on an actress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Neil Strauss<\/strong> is a Los Angeles<\/a>-based author and journalist who writes for The New York Times<\/a><\/em> and Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>, where he is a contributing editor. He is well known for his best-selling book The Game<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Neil Strauss (b.1969) attended a private Chicago high school, the Latin School of Chicago<\/a>. Strauss later attended Columbia University<\/a> for two years, as well as Vassar College<\/a>[1]<\/a><\/sup>. He began his career writing for Ear<\/em>, an avant-garde magazine, before moving on to the Village Voice<\/a><\/em>, where he did everything from copy-editing to fact-checking[2]<\/a><\/sup>. His fastidiousness paid off when he was invited by Jon Pareles<\/a>[3]<\/a><\/sup> to become a music critic at The New York Times<\/a><\/em>, where he wrote the influential Pop Life column. He was then invited by Jann Wenner<\/a> to become a contributing editor at Rolling Stone<\/em> where he wrote cover stories on Kurt Cobain<\/a>, Madonna<\/a>, Tom Cruise<\/a>, Orlando Bloom<\/a>, the Wu-Tang Clan<\/a>, Gwen Stefani<\/a> and Marilyn Manson<\/a>. He won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for his coverage of Kurt Cobain<\/a>‘s suicide for Rolling Stone<\/em> and his profile of Eric Clapton<\/a> in The New York Times<\/em> Arts & Leisure section.<\/p>\n

Neil Strauss was a co-writer or ghostwriter<\/a> of several best-selling books for various celebrities, including The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell<\/a><\/em> with Marilyn Manson<\/a>, The Dirt<\/em> with Mötley Crüe<\/a>, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale<\/a><\/em> with Jenna Jameson<\/a>, and Don’t Try This At Home<\/em> with Dave Navarro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After leaving The New York Times<\/em> to ghostwrite the memoir of Jameson, Strauss authored The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists<\/a><\/em> (Regan Books<\/a>, 2005), a book about a sub-culture of pick-up artists known as the seduction community<\/a>. The book has made a month-long appearance in the New York Times<\/em> bestsellers list<\/a> in September-October 2005, and reached the #1 position on Amazon.com<\/a> immediately after its release in the United States.<\/p>\n

His follow-up book, a controversial graphic novel How to Make Money Like a Porn Star<\/a><\/em>, came out in 2006 on September 26.<\/p>\n

In The Game<\/a><\/em>, Strauss tells the tale of his transformation into "Style," a pickup artist under the tutelage of Mystery<\/a>. The book charts two years in his life. In addition to documenting his experiences with pickup artists like Mystery and Ross Jeffries<\/a>, it also describes his interactions with celebrities including Britney Spears<\/a>, Tom Cruise<\/a>, and Courtney Love<\/a>. Strauss writes of his distrust of pickup artists "Tyler Durden" and "Papa," the co-founders of Real Social Dynamics<\/a>. In promoting his book, Neil appeared on various TV shows, including The View<\/a>[4]<\/a><\/sup> and ABC Primetime<\/em>. [5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In September 2007 copies of The Game started circulating with a sticker advertising a new book called The Rules of the Game<\/a><\/em>. The sticker on the book includes a link to Strauss’ website, www.neilstrauss.com. The website, as of October 2007, does not describe the content of the new book however.<\/p>\n

In the seduction community, Strauss is known by the pseudonym "Style" (also known as "Chris Powles"). Three years after he had joined the community, he published an article in the New York Times<\/em> about his experiences[6]<\/a><\/sup>. After publishing the book, Strauss temporarily retired as a pickup artist and settled with a long-term girlfriend Lisa Leveridge<\/a>, who plays guitar in Courtney Love<\/a>‘s all-female band The Chelsea<\/a>.[7]<\/a><\/sup> An article in the Sunday Mirror<\/em>, however, suggested that Leveridge broke up with Strauss in February 2006 to date Robbie Williams<\/a>.[8]<\/a><\/sup> A more recent article in Ireland Online<\/em> seems to indicate that she has broken up with Williams as well.[9]<\/a><\/sup> Strauss denied the Williams rumor, but confirmed his breakup with Leveridge on his mailing list a few months later.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2005, Strauss passed his knowledge, which he has titled the "Annihilation Method<\/a>", to 5 selected followers at a three-day seminar at his California home. He recently sold 375 exclusive copies of the "Annihilation Method" program to those who arrived first on his website, only375.com<\/a>. Strauss completed an interview with the popular seduction blog The Attraction Chronicles<\/em> in mid-June 2006 that helped to give members of the community a glimpse into his goals and future influence in the seduction community.[10]<\/a><\/sup> Strauss recently held a private reunion teleconference ( Oct 12, 2007) with the men known as the "375" to see how they’d progressed in their lives. Of course, the number was actually lower than 375, as many people had returned the program, defaulted on payments or left\/lost interest in the community. The actual number of copies sold is a closely held secret by Strauss. Some of Neil’s top "375" students went on to publish their own seduction material, such as How to Fuck Strippers[11]<\/a><\/sup>, a controversial book, by a former student. Others went on to found their own "new wave" seduction schools, such as Become Alpha, a school later featured in Forbes[12]<\/a><\/sup> and other major publications.<\/p>\n

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  1. ^<\/a><\/strong> http:\/\/www.enterstageright.com\/archive\/articles\/0106\/0106thegame.txt<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. ^<\/a><\/strong> Slushpile<\/em> interview with Strauss<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. ^<\/a><\/strong> Interview with Strauss on MediaBistro<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. ^<\/a><\/strong> Neil Strauss on The View<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. ^<\/a><\/strong> Neil Strauss on ABC Primetime Live<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  6. ^<\/a><\/strong> Neil Strauss: "He Aims! He Shoots! Yes!!"<\/a> The New York Times<\/em>, January 25, 2004<\/li>\n
  7. ^<\/a><\/strong> Emma Forrest: "All the right moves."<\/a> The Observer<\/em>, September 11, 2005<\/li>\n
  8. ^<\/a><\/strong> "Exclusive: She’s the 6ft One"<\/a>, SundayMirror.co.uk<\/em>, February 19, 2006<\/li>\n
  9. ^<\/a><\/strong> "Robbie Williams: It could be a man for me."<\/a> Ireland Online<\/em>, September 11, 2006<\/li>\n
  10. ^<\/a><\/strong> Neil Strauss Interview<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. ^<\/a><\/strong> https:\/\/www.bang-strippers.com\/how-to-fuck-strippers-book.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here’s the Wikipedia entry on Neil’s book "The Game"<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists<\/strong><\/em>[1]<\/a><\/sup> by Neil Strauss<\/a> is a book about the seduction community<\/a>. It featured on The New York Times<\/em> Best Seller List<\/a> during September and October 2005, again in September 2007,[2]<\/a><\/sup> and was the best selling book on Amazon.com<\/a> soon after its release.[citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n

    The book details Strauss’s induction into the community and his rise from "average frustrated chump<\/a>" to becoming a "master pick-up artist" under his pseudonym, Style. It documents Style’s learning from other pickup artists<\/a> including Mystery<\/a>, Ross Jeffries<\/a>, and David DeAngelo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    The book is not so much a "how to", but more of an autobiographical work on Strauss’ own "rise to fame" within the seduction community. Although the work is largely driven by a seduction<\/a> or NLP<\/a> principal theme, other interesting anecdotes and "mini-stories" or subplots abound throughout, one such example is the description of the author’s trip through Trans-Dniester<\/a>, or the attempt to adopt a new sleep regimen<\/a>. Interestingly, the book includes a half dozen celebrity (secondary) characters such as Courtney Love<\/a>, Paris Hilton<\/a>, Tom Cruise<\/a> and Britney Spears<\/a>. There are also dozens of pop culture references, including obvious references to Fight Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    An upcoming companion to The Game, called Rules of the Game by Neil Strauss, contains The Stylelife Challenge and The Style Diaries. The release date for Rules of the Game is December 18, 2007.<\/p>\n

    Sony<\/a> optioned the rights to make the book into a film<\/a>, and comedy director Chris Weitz<\/a> signed on to helm the project for Columbia Pictures<\/a>.[3]<\/a><\/sup>[4]<\/a><\/sup>[5]<\/a><\/sup> Spyglass Entertainment<\/a> has since obtained the rights to the film with screenwriter Dan Weiss adapting the book into a screenplay.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

    During the November 14, 2007 episode of Loveline<\/a>, Dr. Drew<\/a> expressed his displeasure at the book somehow making it into the "Recommended Books" section of Lovelineshow.com, and advised listeners that the he didn’t agree with many of the themes in the book.<\/p>\n

    REFERENCES:<\/p>\n

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    1. ^<\/a><\/strong> Strauss, Neil<\/a> (2005). The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists<\/em>. ReganBooks<\/a>. ISBN 0-06-055473-8<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. ^<\/a><\/strong> "Hardcover Nonfiction<\/a>". September 16<\/a>, 2007<\/a>. The New York Times<\/a><\/em>. Retrieved on September 19<\/a>, 2007<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    3. ^<\/a><\/strong> http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/news\/comments\/?entryid=296271<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. ^<\/a><\/strong> http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/culture\/books\/article.jsp?content=20050905_111485_111485<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. ^<\/a><\/strong> http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/hr\/search\/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002074610<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. ^<\/a><\/strong> Garett, Dianne (August 22<\/a>, 2007<\/a>). "Spyglass nabs ‘The Game’ rights<\/a>". Variety<\/a><\/em>. Retrieved on September 19<\/a>, 2007<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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