Through all of this, Wil shares the ups and downs he encountered along the journey, along with the support and love he discovered from his friends and family. Writing with honesty and disarming humanity, Wil touches on the frustrations associated with his acting career, his inability to distance himself from Ensign Crusher in the public’s eyes, the launch of his incredibly successful web site,, and the joy he’s found in writing.

You’ll understand the rigors, and joys, of Wil’s rediscovering of himself, as he comes to terms with what it means to be famous, or, ironically, famous for once having been famous. In the oddest of places, Topeka, Kansas, Wil discovered that despite his claims to fame, he was at heart “Just a Geek.” In this bestselling book, Wil shares his deeply personal and difficult journey to find himself. Despite early stardom through his childhood role in the motion picture “Stand By Me,” and growing up on television as Wesley Crusher on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Wil left Hollywood in pursuit of happiness, purpose, and a viable means of paying the bills. Wil Wheaton has never been one to take the conventional path to success.

Equal parts funny and poignant, Still Just a Geek explores the folly of youth and the pain of experience - and all the strange, awful, beautiful adventures in between.A look into the fandom behind Star Trek, redefining identity and growing up.

In Still Just a Geek, an older, somewhat wiser Wil revisits Just a Geek, his 2004 collection of posts from that blog, with all-new reflections on nerd culture, fame, love, trauma, tragedy, and confronting the worst parts of yourself. To be fair, he was only off by about 3 million people. He thought he was writing for an audience of one: himself. He wrote about his pets and his hobbies, punk rock and parenting, board games and birthdays and (most importantly) burritos. It was less about being a famous child than about being a not-so-famous grownup. After that, he wasn't sure who he was at all. Wil was a very famous kid - right up until he wasn't. But most of us don't do it in front of millions of people. Celebrated actor, personality, and all-around nerd Wil Wheaton updates his memoir of collected blog posts with all new material and annotations as he reexamines one of the most interesting lives in Hollywood and fandom! Wil Wheaton grew up.

Still just a geek by wil wheaton