He lives in Los Angeles with his badass, irrepressible wife Anne, two rescued dogs, one cat, and two vintage arcade cabinets. When he isn't acting, narrating, or podcasting, Wil is writing. 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' 10 Best Narrator and Audiobook Pairings of All Time. Wil has lent his voice talents to animated series including Family Guy, Teen Titans, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The stories in Just a Geek include: Wil’s plunge from teen star to struggling actor Discovering the joys of HTML, blogging, Linux, and web design The struggle between Wesley Crusher, Starfleet ensign, and Wil Wheaton, author and blogger Gut-wrenching reactions to the 9-11 disaster (Author’s note: I didn’t want to include that. He played a fictionalized version of himself on CBS's long-running hit sitcom, The Big Bang Theory. In Still Just a Geek, an older, somewhat wiser Wil revisits Just a Geek, his 2004 collection of posts from that blog, with all-new reflections on nerd culture, fame, love, trauma, tragedy, and confronting the worst parts of yourself.Įqual parts funny and poignant, Still Just a Geek explores the folly of youth and the pain of experience – and all the strange, awful, beautiful adventures in between.Ībout the Author: Wil Wheaton is a highly acclaimed actor, producer, narrator, and writer who has appeared in dozens of films and TV series, including Stand by Me, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Nemesis. To be fair, he was only off by about 3 million people. He thought he was writing for an audience of one: himself. One day he was an almost famous child actor and the next he got. He wrote about his pets and his hobbies, punk rock and parenting, board games and birthdays and (most importantly) burritos. Review: Wil Wheaton’s Still Just a Geek Wil Wheaton occupies a fascinating place in the Star Trek fandom space. It was less about being a famous child than about being a not-so-famous grownup. After that, he wasn’t sure who he was at all. Wil was a very famous kid – right up until he wasn’t. But most of us don’t do it in front of millions of people. 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!

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