Neil Strauss and Tim Ferriss on dating

Thanks Toniy, Scortillon. I think you all have the right idea (that it's about "seduction" in all aspects of life). I would add to that that it's about self-esteem, presentation and the nature of human value creation. I have been thinking a lot about why this book has been so powerful to me, and have basically come to the conclusion that it's a STORY OF PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION AND REDEMPTION. It's about two geeks who take on the problem of meeting and having sex with women (a problem that affects the majority of the young male population, particularly of the geeky kind such as I was , and they are not just astonishingly successful (an amazing story in itself) but they also help in creating an entire movement out of it, commanding workshop fees in the thousands of dollars a day, and getting Eban Pagan started in his career. I say nothing about the ethics of all this, and in fact Strauss leaves the scene at the end for this reason (there are some pretty big flaws in the PUA idea), but there is also something beautiful and inspiring in the whole idea, particularly in the "inner game" aspect of the PUA (pick-up artist) community.

By the way I have tried to explain this both to my wife and to women of my acquaintance and failed, so if you are a woman, I hope you will not take offence at this. Maybe it's a guy thing, maybe I am not explaining properly, but reading the book will probably give you better insight. It's very powerfully written, I wish I could write like that. Nail Strauss and Elizabeth Gilbert ("Eat Pray Love") are the modern-day authors I would most like to emulate.