Worth reading: Yes but read “Just a Geek” first.

Summary: Wil Wheaton didn’t have space in his first book “Just a Geek” --which I reviewed previous to this-- to fit all his stories in. So he wrote this little vitamin.

This supplement is written in the same easy flowing style and includes five stories that enlighten the reader a little more on who the Wil fella is.

At least one of the stories is an expanded version of some of the events Wil has written about in “Just a Geek”.

My favourite is “Ready or not, here I come.”

Thanks again to Paul for lending this one to me.

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Worth reading: Yes

Summary: What happens after the Starship Enterprise has hit warp speed and left you in the dust? Wil Wheaton knows, and in his book “Just a Geek” he tells you.

This is a very interesting read and gives you an insight into who the man is, what he has been though, and what he has been put through. I can thank Paul for putting me in touch with Wil’s work.

--aside--
I for one will always think of Wil as Gordie Lachance in “Stand by Me”. Why? Well, the movie is based on a Stephen King short story called “The Body” from a collection of short stories called “Different Seasons”. I’m a Stephen King fan.
I think this was the first Stephen King book-turned-movie that I had seen.

It wasn’t till after seeing “Stand by Me” that I started watch Star Trek: The Next Generation. But this wasn’t because of Wil. More a case of Star Trek...Star Wars. So close in name and close enough to watch both.
--/aside--

Being a “reader” not a “writer” I feel there are two types of writing style; The “conventional” style where there are a lot of “She said/He said” type statements, and the...I’ll call it the “conversational” style, where there are none. Just statements that are left up to the reader to determine who said what. The conversational style can work really well or it can be terrible. Wil does it REALLY well and his prose flows--hey that rhymes, COOL--just like you’re overhearing a conversation between two people.

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