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"Ryan Britt is . . . the Virgil you want to guide you through the inferno of geekery." - Lev Grossman, author of the bestselling Magician's trilogy Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn't need further analysis. Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of dinosaurs, made out with Jar-Jar Binks at midnight, and figured out how to kick depression with a Doctor Who Netflix-binge. Alternating between personal anecdote, hilarious insight, and smart analysis, Luke Skywalker Can't Read contends that Barbarella is good for you, that monster movies are just romantic comedies with commitment issues, that Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are total hipsters, and, most shockingly, shows how virtually everyone in the Star Wars universe is functionally illiterate.
About the Author
I am the author of the essay collection Luke Skywalker Can't Read and Other Geeky Truths from Plume (Penguin Random House.) Previously, I was the staff writer for Tor.com. My work has been published with the New York Times, VICE, Den of Geek!, Nerve.com, and elsewhere. I am currently an Associate Editor at Inverse.com
