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{{Infobox book
| name = Crash Override
| author = [[Zoë Quinn]]
| 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}}</ref>
| published = 2017 ([[PublicAffairs]])
| pages = 256
| isbn = 978-1-61039-808-4
| isbn_note =
}}
'''''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]].
== Reception ==
Critics praised 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=https://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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== Further reading ==
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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 |title=Amy Pascal Wins Zoe Quinn’s Gamergate Memoir ‘Crash Override’ |work=[[Deadline.com]] |date=2015-11-06 |url=http://deadline.com/2015/11/zoe-quinn-crash-override-gamergate-memoir-amy-pascal-1201611420/ |accessdate=2017-09-06 |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite web |title=Gamergate Target Zoe Quinn Can Teach Us How to Fight Online Hate |work=[[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 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|http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/book/crash-override/9781610398084}}
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