An edition of Just a geek (2004)

Just a geek

unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise

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An edition of Just a geek (2004)

Just a geek

unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise

1st ed.
  • 3.8 (10 ratings) ·
  • 10 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read

"The story begins in the summer of 2000. When asked by a waitress, "Didn't you used to be an actor?" Wil Wheaton realized that he'd become what he'd always feared: "I was a has-been. I 'used to be an actor' when I was a kid!" In the spotlight for nearly his entire childhood, Will starred in the movie Stand By Me at the tender age of 12 and grew up on television as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. But after Star Trek, the roles he expected didn't materialize, leaving Will to grapple with the big questions: could he avoid the pitfalls that typically befall a child star, create a real life, and define success on his own terms?" "Just a Geek is the story of how Wil faced down his constant companion, the ghost he calls "Prove To Everyone That Quitting Star Trek Wasn't A Mistake." The key to banishing that ghost turned out to be a weblog, or online journal, that he launched in 2001 at wilwheaton.net On his weblog, Wil shared his real life: the struggles of being a working-class actor, the joys of being married and raising two step-children, and the experience of growing up on the Starship Enterprise. The kid actor was now a writer too, with an audience of nearly a million readers a month." "Not the usual celebrity biography, Just a Geek fleshes out the stories that started on the weblog. Wil takes you with him to auditions, to Star Trek conventions, to his living room, and into the deepest reaches of his soul. Along the way, he realizes he's happy to be...Just a Geek."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
O'Reilly
Language
English
Pages
267

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Edition Notes

Published in
Sebastopol, Calif
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.4502/8/092, B
Library of Congress
PN2287.W4568 A3 2004, PN2287.W4575 A3 2004, PN2287.W4568A3 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvi, 267 p. :
Number of pages
267

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3437840M
Internet Archive
justgeek0000whea
ISBN 10
059600768X
LCCN
2005295746
OCLC/WorldCat
56539887, 55986277
Library Thing
7617
Goodreads
65692

Work Description

Wil Wheaton comes to terms with his acting career and moves towards writing.

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