Do you have a favorite incarnation of Star Trek (series, movies, or something else)?įor me, this is one of those “Do you have a favorite child” questions. (Then I brought out all the snakes and collapsed on the sidewalk.) Star Trek, as a franchise and cultural phenomenon, is making its way through its fifth decade. When I did the last couple of passes, I jumped around as I began to see where different bits that were separated by a hundred pages or more were actually related. (Still skipping past the snakes) Then I had to take several months off because it was so emotional and challenging to revisit some deeply painful times in my life. Then I went back and did it again several times, working on a different hard part each time. I started at the beginning and went all the way through, skipping the hardest parts (think of Pee Wee Herman and the snakes in the burning pet shop in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure). What was your process for working on Still Just a Geek? Did you move through Just a Geek as published or did you jump around in the text addressing certain chapters as you felt like taking them on? Or did you have a different method? If we did it right, the annotations allow the reader to experience the revision process with me in an intimate, conversational style. The annotated version sort of is the revised edition meets the Criterion edition.
That credit goes to David Pomerico at Morrow, who asked me if I would look at the manuscript for the first time in nearly 20 years, and annotate it with the knowledge and experience I’ve had since then. It wasn’t my idea, and I can’t take credit for its inception. What inspired you to create an annotated edition of Just a Geek rather than a revised edition or writing something completely new? Wil’s latest book is Still Just a Geek and he recently talked about it with Daryl Maxwell for the LAPL Blog. He lives in Los Angeles with his badass, irrepressible wife Anne, one rescued dog, one cat, and four vintage arcade cabinets. When he isn’t acting, narrating, or podcasting, Wil is writing. He has also lent his voice to titles by John Scalzi, Randall Monroe, Andy Weir, and Joe Hill. 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. An accomplished voice actor, Wil has lent his talents to animated series including Family Guy, Teen Titans, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. 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.
Wil Wheaton is a highly acclaimed producer, narrator, and actor who has appeared in dozens of films and TV series.
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