The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists PDF
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ALSO BY NEIL STRAUSS THE GAME The Long Hard Road Out of Hell WITH MARILYN MANSON PENETRATING THE SECRET The Dirt SOCIETY OF PICKUP ARTISTS WITH MOTLEY CRUE How to Make Love Like a Porn Star WITH JENNA JAMESON Don't Try This at Home WITH DAVE NAVARRO Neil Strauss ReganBooks An Imprint ofHarperCollinsPublishers ALSO BY NEIL STRAUSS THE GAME The Long Hard Road Out of Hell WITH MARILYN MANSON PENETRATING THE SECRET The Dirt SOCIETY OF PICKUP ARTISTS WITH MOTLEY CRUE How to Make Love Like a Porn Star WITH JENNA JAMESON Don't Try This at Home WITH DAVE NAVARRO Neil Strauss ReganBooks An Imprint ofHarperCollinsPublishers Cover silhouettes are from the following fonts: Darrian's Sexy Silhouettes by © Darrian (http://westwood.fortunecity.com/cerruti/445/), Subeve by © Sub Communications (http://www.subtitude.com), Norp Icons 1 and Norp Icons 2 by © DJ Monkeyboy (http://www.djmonkeyboy.com). "The Randall Knife": Words and Music by Guy Clark © 1983 EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. and GSC MUSIC. All Rights Controlled and Administered by EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by Permission. In order to protect the identity of some women and members of the community, the names and identifying characteristics of a small number of incidental characters in this book have been changed, and three minor characters are composites. THE GAME Dedicated to the thousands of people I talked to in COPYRIGHT © 2005 BY NEIL STRAUSS. bars, clubs, malls, airports, grocery stores, subways, and elevators over the last two vears. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations If you are reading this, I want you to know that I embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address wasn't running game on you. I was being sincere. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. Really. You were different. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information please write: Special Markets Department, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. FIRST EDITION Art direction and design by Michelle Ishay / Richard Ljoenes Cover design by Richard Ljoenes Interior design by Kris Tobiassen / Richard Ljoenes Interior illustrations by Bernard Chang Printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for. ISBN 0-06-055473-8 05 06 07 08 09 QWK 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover silhouettes are from the following fonts: Darrian's Sexy Silhouettes by © Darrian (http://westwood.fortunecity.com/cerruti/445/), Subeve by © Sub Communications (http://www.subtitude.com), Norp Icons 1 and Norp Icons 2 by © DJ Monkeyboy (http://www.djmonkeyboy.com). "The Randall Knife": Words and Music by Guy Clark © 1983 EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. and GSC MUSIC. All Rights Controlled and Administered by EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by Permission. In order to protect the identity of some women and members of the community, the names and identifying characteristics of a small number of incidental characters in this book have been changed, and three minor characters are composites. THE GAME Dedicated to the thousands of people I talked to in COPYRIGHT © 2005 BY NEIL STRAUSS. bars, clubs, malls, airports, grocery stores, subways, and elevators over the last two vears. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations If you are reading this, I want you to know that I embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address wasn't running game on you. I was being sincere. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. Really. You were different. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information please write: Special Markets Department, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. FIRST EDITION Art direction and design by Michelle Ishay / Richard Ljoenes Cover design by Richard Ljoenes Interior design by Kris Tobiassen / Richard Ljoenes Interior illustrations by Bernard Chang Printed on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for. ISBN 0-06-055473-8 05 06 07 08 09 QWK 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 "I COULD NOT BECOME ANYTHING: NEITHER BAD NOR GOOD, NEITHER A SCOUNDREL NOR AN HONEST MAN, NEITHER A HERO NOR AN INSECT. AND NOW I AM EKING OUT MY DAYS IN MY CORNER, TAUNTING MYSELF WITH THE BITTER AND ENTIRELY USELESS CONSOLATION THAT AN INTELLIGENT MAN CANNOT SERIOUSLY BECOME ANYTHING; THAT ONLY A FOOL CAN BECOME SOMETHING." FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, Notes from Underground "I COULD NOT BECOME ANYTHING: NEITHER BAD NOR GOOD, NEITHER A SCOUNDREL NOR AN HONEST MAN, NEITHER A HERO NOR AN INSECT. AND NOW I AM EKING OUT MY DAYS IN MY CORNER, TAUNTING MYSELF WITH THE BITTER AND ENTIRELY USELESS CONSOLATION THAT AN INTELLIGENT MAN CANNOT SERIOUSLY BECOME ANYTHING; THAT ONLY A FOOL CAN BECOME SOMETHING." FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, Notes from Underground THE FOLLOWING Those who have read early drafts of this book IS A TRUE have all asked the same questions: STORY. IS THIS TRUE? DID IT REALLY HAPPEN ? IT REALLY HAPPENED. ARE THESE GUYS Men will deny it, FOR REAL? Women will doubt it. But I present it to you here, Naked, vulnerable, and disturbingly real. Thus, I find it necessary to employ I beg you for your forgiveness in advance. an old literary device . . . DON'T HATE THE PLAYER . . . HATE THE GAME. THE FOLLOWING Those who have read early drafts of this book IS A TRUE have all asked the same questions: STORY. IS THIS TRUE? DID IT REALLY HAPPEN ? IT REALLY HAPPENED. ARE THESE GUYS Men will deny it, FOR REAL? Women will doubt it. But I present it to you here, Naked, vulnerable, and disturbingly real. Thus, I find it necessary to employ I beg you for your forgiveness in advance. an old literary device . . . DON'T HATE THE PLAYER . . . HATE THE GAME. CONTENTS STEP 7 STEP 1 EXTRACT TO A SEDUCTION SELECT A TARGET 1 LOCATION 243 STEP 2 APPROACH AND OPEN 13 STEP 8 PUMP BUYING TEMPERATURE 265 STEP 3 DEMONSTRATE VALUE 51 STEP 9 MAKE A PHYSICAL CONNECTION 319 STEP 4 DISARM THE OBSTACLES 107 STEP 10 BLAST LAST-MINUTE RESISTANCE 345 STEP 5 ISOLATE THE TARGET 147 STEP 1 1 MANAGE EXPECTATIONS 387 STEP 6 CREATE AN EMOTIONAL GLOSSARY 439 CONNECTION 207 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 451 CONTENTS STEP 7 STEP 1 EXTRACT TO A SEDUCTION SELECT A TARGET 1 LOCATION 243 STEP 2 APPROACH AND OPEN 13 STEP 8 PUMP BUYING TEMPERATURE 265 STEP 3 DEMONSTRATE VALUE 51 STEP 9 MAKE A PHYSICAL CONNECTION 319 STEP 4 DISARM THE OBSTACLES 107 STEP 10 BLAST LAST-MINUTE RESISTANCE 345 STEP 5 ISOLATE THE TARGET 147 STEP 1 1 MANAGE EXPECTATIONS 387 STEP 6 CREATE AN EMOTIONAL GLOSSARY 439 CONNECTION 207 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 451
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