false 4 136 105 true 5805041 read 5 true 4856219 currently-reading 26 true 4856218 to-read 21 false 4856593 star-trek-fiction 13 false 4856268 biographical 11 false 4856566 star-trek-non-fiction 11 false 4856568 horror 10 false 4856286 film-adaptation 9 false 4856670 classics 7 false 4856803 graphic-novels 7 false 4856681 scripts 6 false 5509629 doctor-who 5 false 4856668 science-fiction 5 false 4856714 fantasy 4 false 5231195 short-stories 4 false 4856648 travel 4 false 4856677 weird-sick-and-twisted 4 false 4856646 writing 3 false 8029699 never-finished 3 false 4856962 academic 2 false 5163608 poetry 2 false 4856658 general-fiction 2 false 4858350 geeky-fiction 2 false 4856637 geeky-non-fiction 1 false 4892917 other http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78297716 Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler (Paperback) by Wil Wheaton
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74806217 to: Memories of the Future - Volume 1 (Paperback) by Wil Wheaton
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As someone who only got into TNG during the later seasons, and hasn't had much experience watching the earlier ones, this book was a great way for me to recap on some of the episodes I was only barely familiar with, and in a geniuinly humourous way.

Although it's fair to say that a fair chunk of the humour comes from self depreciation, it is generally releiving to finally read a book that doesn't put Star Trek on the pedastal, and gives an honest account of where it goes wrong. Not every episode can be a 'Darmok', and for a series that is (possibly too?) well known for it's views on equality, pointing out the obvious sexism and racism in episodes such as 'Code of Honour' is something which I have rarely come across before.

The fact it was written by a cast member also adds to not only the authenticity of the book, but it's charm as well. Wil gets to explain to where the die.die.die fans came from, and also has the objectivity to actively agree with them.

While the book isn't perfect, some of the long running gags are a bit too long running, but it is nice to read something of Wil's that isn't entirely autobiographical (and no, I haven't read Sunken Treasure, but with £80 for postage, you wouldn't have read it either!)

FINAL GRADE B+ ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76708121 Screen Burn (Paperback) by Charlie Brooker
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76923229 to: Starship Troopers (Paperback) by Robert A. Heinlein
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53564353 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Paperback) by Seth Grahame-Smith
bookshelves: never-finished
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53583050 The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) by Jasper Fforde
bookshelves: never-finished
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53037013 Nausea (New Directions Paperbook) by Jean-Paul Sartre
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59405655 to: Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player (Paperback) by Robert Rodriguez
bookshelves: scripts, writing
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76708181 Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback) by Robert A. Heinlein
bookshelves: to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76708141 Dawn of the Dumb (Paperback) by Charlie Brooker
bookshelves: to-read
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