FX Nine
I was probably five or six years old, scanning the book shelves of the junior kids section at Crown Books (a store which doesn’t exist anymore). I came across a book titled Megaman 2 in what seemed to be a series called Worlds of Power. It wasn’t just a book of tips on how to beat the popular nintendo game – it was a complete novelization of the game.
If I would have seen this type of thing today, I probably would have laughed it off. Kids play video games. Reading about them, especially after you know the ending, seems silly. As a 6 year old, though, it was the greatest possible discovery. I took the book home and finished it the same day. I re-read it a good number of times until it finally got lost somewhere in the clutter.
Excited by the release of Megaman 9 on WiiWare, I started googling info about the Megaman series to create a sense of nostalgia. And I remembered the book and googled it. The author is FX Nine, and after some googling, I discovered that FX Nine is actually a pseudeonym for Seth Godin, the popular marketing/business writer. He used “Nine” as a surname so that we’d find him in the NINeTENDO section. Clever.
I read Seth’s blog religiously and I’ve bought most of his books. He’s always coming up with interesting ideas and isn’t afraid to take chances. I wonder if writing a book based on an 8bit video game falls into the category of “taking a chance.” Probably.
Thanks for providing excellent reading material, Seth.
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- 09.23.08 / 9pm
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