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Hal Niedzviecki's Books

Look Down, This Is Where It Must Have Happened
Apr.01.2011
The acclaimed author of The Peep Diaries and Hello, I'm Special returns to fiction, and delivers a mind-altering collection of short stories that confront the hypocrisies, humiliations and hilarities of modern life. Hal Niedzviecki's past books have established him as one of North America's most interesting and influential writers. In Look Down he romps through social...
The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors
May.19.2009
All About the Peep Diaries We have entered the age of "peep culture": a tell-all, show-all, know-all digital phenomenon that is dramatically altering notions of privacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. Peep culture is reality TV, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, over-the-counter spy gear, blogs, chat rooms, amateur porn, surveillance technology, Dr. Phil,...
Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity
Apr.01.2006
When being a rebel is sanctioned by society, what is left to rebel against? Hal Niedzviecki has a blunt message for the army of tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, bloggers, skateboard warriors, and anyone else walking around with the smug certainty that they are one of a kind: Individuality is the new conformity. Niedzviecki’s meditations touch on everything from designer religions...