Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict's Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines is a 1982 non-fiction book on video games by the British author Martin Amis.
Writing in The Village Voice, U.S. author Paul Collins described the book as "completely endearing in its utter dorkiness",[1] while English writer and videogame enthusiast Simon Parkin in The Guardian described it as "a valuable snapshot of early critical thinking about video games".
[3] Amis's fascination and enthusiasm for his subject are apparent, but he does strike an admonishing tone at times, even going so far as to say that video gaming is "morally ambiguous".
Contrary to some claims, Amis never "disowned" the book, despite its great dissimilarity to the rest of his oeuvre.
[3] Originally published by Hutchinson, it was allowed to go out of print; as a result, second-hand copies were able to command "stratospheric" prices until Jonathan Cape republished it in 2018.