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{{Short description|2017 book by Zoë Quinn}}
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| image = Crash Override (2017 book hardcover edition).jpg
| caption = Hardcover (2017)
| genre = [[Nonfiction]], [[Memoir]]<ref name="Publisherpage">{{cite web|title=Crash Override|url=http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/book/crash-override/9781610398084|website=www.publicaffairsbooks.com|publisher=PublicAffairs Books|accessdate=16 September 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907034153/http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/book/crash-override/9781610398084|archive-date=September 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| published = 2017 ([[PublicAffairs]])
| pages = 256
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{{external media |video1=[https://www.bookforum.com/video/18620/mode=large The author discusses the book at the Strand Bookstore]}}
'''''Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate''''' is a book-length memoir by indie video game developer [[Zoë Quinn]] about her experiences as the target of [[Gamergate controversy|Gamergate]] and in countering [[online abuse]].
 
'''''Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate''''' is a book-length memoir by indie video game developer [[Zoë Quinn]] about hertheir experiences as the target of [[Gamergate controversy|Gamergate]] and in countering [[Cyberbullying|online abuse]].
 
== Reception ==
 
Critics praised what they described as Quinn's honest and sober outlook in the face of harassment.<ref name=Kirkus>{{Cite journal |title=Rev. of Crash Override by Zoë Quinn |journal=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=2017-06-05 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zoe-quinn/crash-override/ |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Peterson|first1=Latoya|title=In 'Crash Override,' Zoe Quinn Shares Her Boss Battle Against Online Harassment|url=httphttps://www.npr.org/2017/09/08/548661962/in-crash-override-zoe-quinn-shares-her-boss-battle-against-online-harassment|website=NPR.org|accessdate=September 15, 2017|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' wrote that the book's presentation was sometimes scattered in switching between personal anecdote and online safety advice.{{r|Kirkus}}
 
The book was nominated for the 2018 [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Related Work|Best Related Work]] (''i.e.'', non-fiction work related to [[science fiction]] or [[fantasy]]).<ref>[https://www.tor.com/2018/03/31/2018-hugo-award-finalists-announced/ "2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced" Tor.com 3-31-2018]</ref>
 
== References ==
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* {{Cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |title=Zoë Quinn tells her story |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=2017-09-06 |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/9/6/16262830/zoe-quinn-book-review-gamergate-crash-override |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite web |last1=Fleming, Jr. |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Amy Pascal Wins Zoe Quinn’sQuinn's Gamergate Memoir ‘Crash'Crash Override’Override' |workwebsite=[[Deadline.com Hollywood]] |date=2015-11-06 |url=httphttps://deadline.com/2015/11/zoe-quinn-crash-override-gamergate-memoir-amy-pascal-1201611420/ |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite webmagazine |title=Gamergate Target Zoe Quinn Can Teach Us How to Fight Online Hate |workmagazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=2017-09-02 |url=https://www.wired.com/2017/09/geeks-guide-zoe-quinn/ |accessdate=2017-09-05 |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite news |last1=Giese |first1=Rachel |title=Review: Zoë Quinn's Crash Override and Ellen Pao's Reset explore the sexism of tech culture |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=2017-09-29 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-zoe-quinns-crash-override-and-ellen-paos-reset-explore-the-sexism-of-tech-culture/article36431282/ |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite web |last1=Grossman |first1=Wendy M. |title=Crash Override, book review: Gamergate and the battle against online hate |work=[[ZDNet]] |date=2017-09-19 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/crash-override-book-review-gamergate-and-the-battle-against-online-hate/ |language=en |accessdate=2018-11-10 |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite web |last1=Machkovech |first1=Sam |title=Crash Override book review: Defining what the Internet can learn from the G-word |work=[[Ars Technica]] |date=2017-09-11 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/crash-override-book-review-reclaiming-the-internet-for-geeks-who-break-the-mold/ |language=en-us |accessdate=2018-11-10 |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite web |last1=Moon |first1=Mariella |title=Zoe Quinn's book about fighting online hate arrives Sept. 6th |work=[[Engadget]] |date=2017-04-04 |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/04/zoe-quinn-book-fighting-online-hate-pre-order/ |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite web |title=Nonfiction Book Review: Crash Override |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=2017-07-24 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61039-808-4 |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
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== External links ==
 
* {{official website|httphttps://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/booktitles/zoe-quinn/crash-override/97816103980849781610398091/}}
 
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