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Chargement... Dancing Barefoot: Five Short but True Stories About Life in the So-Called Space Age (2003)par Wil Wheaton
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I laughed, I gushed...I got a little teary-eyed. This is an excellent book. It's funny and compelling and Wil shows what a great writer he is. I wanted more and I'm upset that I didn't buy "Just A Geek" first. I'll be remedying that as soon as I'm finished writing this review. If you just like a good story whether it be about Star Trek or just being a regular everyday person, or if you want a good laugh, I recommend this book. It's hard to write an objective review of any of Wil Wheaton's work. If you've spent any time "with" him (reading his blog/books, watching his various youtube series, etc) then you really can't help but love him. Although I read this one even before I'd spent much time with his blog (though I had read Just a Geek and fell in love with him there ;)) and I had only watched him on Star Trek TNG... But anyway, he is amazing, and his books are amazing, and that includes this book. As with everything he does, it's very well done, touching and heartfelt, and you just want more. Another of Wil Wheaton's collections of autobiographical anecdotes. Not as polished as some of his other work (they're bits and pieces that didn't make the final cut for his other earlier book, 'Just A Geek', and I think it shows with most of them), these were nevertheless highly readable - especially the centrepiece of the book, 'The Saga of Spongebob Vegas Pants, or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Star Trek', which is by turns funny, touching and illuminating. This is a series of autobiographical stories of varying lengths. The one about his wife and the rain is really adorable. I found them short, sweet, and sometimes insightful glimpses into the author's life. My only complaint is that if you have recently read Just a Geek, they overlap much of the same material. I recommend the longer Just a Geek over Dancing Barefoot, although the short stories obviously have a different sort of charm than the longer narrative.
When he's not funny, he's poignant and sincere, which makes for equally compelling reading. 10/10
Wil Wheaton-blogger, geek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher-gives us five short-but-true tales of life in the so-called Space Age in Dancing Barefoot. With a true geek's unflinching honesty, Wil examines life, love, the web, and the absurdities of Hollywood in these compelling autobiographical narratives. Based on pieces first published in Wil's hugely popular blog, www.wilwheaton.net, the stories in Dancing Barefoot chronicle a teen television star's journey to maturity and self-acceptance. Far from the usual celebrity tell-all, Dancing Barefoot is a vivid account of one man's version of that universal story, the search for self. If you've ever fallen in love, wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a Star Trek convention, or thought hard about the meaning of life, you'll find a kindred soul in the pages of Dancing Barefoot. In the process of uncovering his true geeky self, Wil Wheaton speaks to the inner geek in all of us. The stories include: "Houses in Motion" - Memories fill the emptiness left within a childhood home, and saying goodbye brings them to life. "Ready or Not Here I Come" - A game of hide-and-seek with the kids works as a time machine, taking Wil on a tour of the hiding and seeking of years gone by. "Inferno" - Two fifteen-year-olds pass in the night, leaving behind pleasant memories and a perfumed Car Wars Deluxe Edition Box Set. "We Close Our Eyes" - A few beautiful moments spent dancing in the rain. "The Saga of SpongeBob VegasPants" - A story of love, hate, laughter, and the acceptance of all things Trek. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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It’s an odd little book. Apparently the whole thing has been done in Open Office running on the Red Hat Linux distro, and it shows. It’s been released under a Creative Commons Licence. Rather an interesting approach. ( )