John asks Hank and Nerdfighteria not to spoil The Fault in Our Stars (2011)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2026-09-22) · owner: John
In May 2011, about nine months before the book came out, John asked Hank and Nerdfighteria not to spoil The Fault in Our Stars. In December 2011 he reported Nerdfighters pledging not to ruin the book for others and repeated the request; in 2026 he recalled that the book stayed unspoiled through its release.
Part of: The Fault in Our Stars: writing, title and publication (2011)
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About: John's untitled novel (2011), The Fault in Our Stars
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-23 | asked | About nine months in advance, John asks Hank and Nerdfighteria not to spoil his new book. | Eating the Unicorn 00:02:07 |
| 2011-12-23 | result reported | John reports Nerdfighters on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook pledging not to read early or not to ruin the book for others. | There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! 00:01:52 |
| 2011-12-23 | thanks | John thanks viewers in advance for not posting spoilers. | There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! 00:02:21 |
| 2011-12-23 | reminder | John repeats: please don't post spoilers. | There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! 00:02:50 |
| 2026-09-22 (happened 2012) | result reported | Instead those early readers chose not to share the book, many waited until release day to read it, and it stayed unspoiled: one of the most generous acts of collective reading John has seen. | I Want You to Know Nothing About This 00:03:43 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — ask: John: About nine months in advance, John begins asking Hank and Nerdfighteria not to spoil the book. — 00:02:07
- 2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John: As word spread, more and more Nerdfighters on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook pledged not to read the book before January 10, or not to spoil it for the majority who receive it then. — 00:01:52
- 2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — ask: John wants everyone to have the same reading opportunity and thanks viewers in advance for not posting spoilers; he closes with 'Please don't post spoilers.' — 00:02:21
- 2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — John recalls that when The Fault in Our Stars came out 14 years ago, a few hundred people got it a month early, and he was devastated, expecting the plot to leak online. — 00:03:14