![]() Ancient Conspiracy: While there's an elected executive committee that should theoretically run WARP, there's also a self-proclaimed 'Shadow Council' of older members that makes the actual decisions, including who gets put on the executive.Interestingly, he's the Tag Along Kid in the prequel. He's also one of few central characters to make it through university without failing at least one year. The Ace: Evan is just generally cooler and more capable than the other main characters. ![]() The Student Council is mostly impotent and ineffectual. Absurdly Powerful Student Council: Averted.Apathetic Teacher: Professor Proust instructs his class to read one hundred pages of any textbook for homework, and then dismisses them.Elaborate schemes are WARP's mainstay, but straightforward plans are employed when things are really serious, and they very rarely go over as planned. A Simple Plan: Several over the course of the book. ![]() The book is written with an obvious fondness for the subject matter and the characters, which is to be expected considering that Stacey is himself a geek and a longtime member of WARP.Ī prequel titled ‘‘The How and Why of Hating Everyone’’is in development. On his arrival at WARP, Jamie is (permanently) renamed to Brad by an older club-member, and initially acts as a passive observer to the antics of WARP, which turns out to be anything but a stereotypical group of timid nerds. He is initially lost amongst the bureaucratic indifference of a large university, and finds a second home in the club-room of WARP. The book follows a naive and nerdy freshman at the University of Witwatersrand. Stacey uses this ostensibly to solidify chronology and conveniently establish characterisation, but mostly it's just a neat way of including jokes. It is notable as the first book to use the literary device of beginning each chapter with a facebook status from a main character. It is the chronicle of a society called WARP (War-games And Role-Play) which harbours the geeks and lunatics on campus. Kill time or die trying is an acerbic comedy by Neil T Stacey, based on real events at a South African university.
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