Anthropology of the Big Bang

[Louise]

At a later point in the series Leonard is shown reading and later referring to a Harry Potter novel (which is surprising because any self-respecting nerd had already read the novels before they were made into films but Leonard is a self-hating nerd) and Sheldon ruins it for him, implying that Sheldon had either read the novel or seen the movie.

Yeah, and *everyone* has read Harry Potter, so there's nothing obscure about that. It's a pop culture juggernaut. I can think of so many classic fantasy novels, as well as hard-scifi stuff which would presumably appeal to those guys because of the technical detail...

Not that geeky interests have to be obscure, but I feel like it's less about the *type* of things a person reads/watches, it's more about the degree or depth of thought and passion that goes into it.

Raj has referred to reading Eat Pray Love. That's not a good thing.

Yeah, they made him super effeminate and weepy and I'm not sure what to make of that. A little is funny, too much is too much...