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""Geek Wisdom" proves that insight needn't come from dusty old tomes and the lips of long-dead philosophers. Maybe C-3P0 isn't Socrates and The Superfriends aren't a French S"alon", but that doesn't mean they don't have anything to teach us."--"Suvudu.com"
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""Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teaching of Nerd Culture" is not only an invaluable guide into geekdom it's also indispensable if you have to go undercover and penetrate a secret geek society."--"Neatorama.com
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"Any good story, religious or not, can be deconstructed to find an underlying message. That's the unifying theme of "Geek Wisdom", which treats pop culture as a form of secular religion, delivering insights on life from talking robots, flying dragons and everything in between." --"PopMatters"
...what the editors have done is nothing short of wondrful...' --Starburst maagzine, Nov, 2011
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""Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teaching of Nerd Culture" is not only an invaluable guide into geekdom it's also indispensable if you have to go undercover and penetrate a secret geek society."--"Neatorama.com
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"Any good story, religious or not, can be deconstructed to find an underlying message. That's the unifying theme of "Geek Wisdom", which treats pop culture as a form of secular religion, delivering insights on life from talking robots, flying dragons and everything in between." --"PopMatters"
...what the editors have done is nothing short of wondrful...' --Starburst maagzine, Nov, 2011
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We live in the era of the geek. Computer nerds are our titans of industry; comic-book heroes are our Hollywood idols; the Internet is our night on the town. Clearly, the geeks know something that other folks don't - something we'd all do well to learn from. So here it is: "Geek Wisdom", painstakingly gathered and interpreted by a diverse team of hardcore nerds who've spent years poring over the most beloved texts of the modern-day imagination. Beginning with close to 200 of the most powerful and oft-cited quotes from movies (Do, or do not - there is no try), television (The truth is out there), comics (With great power comes great responsibility), science, the Internet, and more, "Geek Wisdom" offers illuminating insights into the eternal truths to be found therein. Yes, this collection of mini-essays is by, for, and about geeks - but it's just so surprisingly profound, the rest of us would have to be dorks not to read it.
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This little book must be one of the favourite bed books for fans of Sheldon in Big Bang Theory. It indeed has a good introduction talks about religion and put geek culture into a framework of ideas. And it possesses pieces of wisdom most from movies and sci-fictions, a little from games like Super Mario, funny and insightful. However, through this I can confirm that I'm only an unqualified geek who won't be a genuine geek.
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Bought this as an impulse purchase whilst browsing as it seemed like a lighthearted geeky purchase.
It's a well presented book with a nice matt black dust jacket with black glossy characters and icons from nerd culture on it (Optimus Prime, Homer Simpson, a D&D D12) Inside is a collection of quotes from a variety of cultural texts including; television, comics, film and video games. Underneath is a small paragraph long 'lesson' or 'teaching' derived from the quote all relating to a common theme such as 'My Name is Inigo Montoya (Wisdom about the self). Some of the quotes were easily recognisable but there were some I'd never heard of before but still enjoyed reading.
Overall a great read for any geeks out there or someone wanting a gift for a geeky person in their life.
It's a well presented book with a nice matt black dust jacket with black glossy characters and icons from nerd culture on it (Optimus Prime, Homer Simpson, a D&D D12) Inside is a collection of quotes from a variety of cultural texts including; television, comics, film and video games. Underneath is a small paragraph long 'lesson' or 'teaching' derived from the quote all relating to a common theme such as 'My Name is Inigo Montoya (Wisdom about the self). Some of the quotes were easily recognisable but there were some I'd never heard of before but still enjoyed reading.
Overall a great read for any geeks out there or someone wanting a gift for a geeky person in their life.
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I bought this product as a jokey style present, but it turned out to be a Philosophical style guide to inner workings of the Geek "Cult".
For any media geek, this is the book to read if you take yourself seriously. From quotes and references from Games, Films and TV Shows that will make genuine Geeks feel proud.
For any media geek, this is the book to read if you take yourself seriously. From quotes and references from Games, Films and TV Shows that will make genuine Geeks feel proud.
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