Still Just a Geek, Wil Wheaton
Still Just a Geek, Wil Wheaton
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Still Just a Geek
An Annotated Memoir

Bestseller

Author: Wil Wheaton

Narrator: Wil Wheaton, Neil Gaiman

Unabridged: 23 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/12/2022


Synopsis

Celebrated actor, personality, and all-around nerd, Wil Wheaton updates his memoir of collected blog posts with all new material and annotations as he reexamines one of the most interesting lives in Hollywood and fandom--and now for the first time in audio, narrated by Wil himself, with an introduction written and read by Neil Gaiman!
From starring in Stand by Me to playing Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation to playing himself, in his second (third?) iconic role of Evil Wil Wheaton in The Big Bang Theory, to becoming a social media supernova, Wil Wheaton has charted a career course unlike anyone else, and has emerged as one of the most popular and well respected names in science fiction, fantasy and pop culture.Back in 2001, Wil began blogging on wilwheaton.net. Believing himself to have fallen victim to the curse of the child actor, Wil felt relegated to the convention circuit, and didn’t expect many would want to read about his random experiences and personal philosophies.Yet, much to his surprise, people were reading. He still blogs, and now has an enormous following on social media with well over 3 million followers.In Still Just a Geek, Wil revisits his 2004 collection of blog posts, Just a Geek, filled with insightful and often laugh-out-loud annotated comments, additional later writings, and all new material written for this publication. The result is an incredibly raw and honest memoir, in which Wil opens up about his life, about falling in love, about coming to grips with his past work, choices, and family, and finding fulfillment in the new phases of his career. From his times on the Enterprise to his struggles with depression to his starting a family and finding his passion--writing--Wil Wheaton is someone whose life is both a cautionary tale and a story of finding one’s true purpose that should resonate with fans and aspiring artists alike.

About Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton is a highly acclaimed producer, narrator, and actor who has appeared in dozens of films and TV series. Most recently, he played a fictionalized version of himself on CBS's The Big Bang Theory, one of the most highly rated and watched sitcoms of the last decade. An accomplished voice actor, Wil has lent his talents to many animated series, including Family Guy, Teen Titans, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. His audiobook narration of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list and was one of Goodreads's 10 of the Best Narrator and Audiobook Pairings of All Time. He has also lent his voice to titles by John Scalzi, Randall Monroe, Andy Weir, and Joe Hill. When he isn't acting, narrating, or podcasting, Wil is writing. A lot. He lives in Los Angeles with his badass, irrepressible wife, Anne; one rescue dog (RIP Seamus); one cat; and two vintage arcade cabinets. If you're not a robot, you can reach him at wil@wilwheaton.net.

About Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin on January 08, 2022

I never read Just a Geek and I never watched Star Trek, but I became familiar with Wheaton through Big Bang Theory and other geeky endeavors. I found his original writing touching, funny, and bittersweet, and his annotations made it that much better. He calls himself out for problematic language and......more

Goodreads review by Amber on May 11, 2022

As an academic and a writer, I understand all too well Wheaton's lifelong wrestling match with imposter syndrome. He bares his soul in this memoir--get the audiobook, it's so, so well narrated--and what I love is that he is deeply aware of his own imperfections. Unlike most celebrities who want to p......more

Goodreads review by Alan on July 13, 2022

Rec. by: Version 1.0 Rec. for: Works in progress "I never should have knocked." —Lucas Sinclair, Stranger Things, S4E9. There are some celebrity autobiographies that were obviously written by someone else—sanitized, ersatz works, "as told to" the real writer. This is not that. Wil Wheaton's annotated,......more

Goodreads review by Doreen on April 13, 2022

4/13/2022 Full review tk (maybe even later today!) at TheFrumiousConsortium.net. 4/13/2022 I make it a habit of avoiding memoirs published by men in their 30s, so never got around to reading Wil Wheaton's Just A Geek, despite it seeming squarely in my wheelhouse. Reading this annotated version drove......more

Goodreads review by Sattik on February 08, 2023

In a follow up to his memoir, Just a Geek, Wheaton takes what was already unreadable drivel, and recreates it into a manual for the PC police. While his candor about mental health and the challenges he has faced in life is refreshing, the overt, in-your-face "woke-ness" of the text gives credence to......more