I think that the only feelings of nostalgia I might have are for the first half of my twenties. There are certain pieces of music that remind me of being a kid, but generally, watching old movies or reading books that I read back then don’t put me in my young mind at all, but this book did. It didn’t remind me of being young so much as I felt like I was a kid while I was reading it. I’ve never talked to anyone that knew what “The Space Giants” were, and the only D&D module that I ever owned was “Tomb of Horrors”(it was more or less impossible to survive), so it seemed so personal to my life than any book I have ever read, it played a very pleasant trick on my mind. I enjoyed this book so much that I never thought about of any of its shortcomings, much like how I enjoyed books when I was young.
As for the movie, Steven Spielberg is the obvious choice to direct it, but it’s hard to imagine that he could make a blockbuster type movie that would be so perfectly slanted towards nerdy Gen-Xers. It also seems glossy and the characters are overly attractive.
