J's Take on Memories of the Future, Part 1
I'm so out of things, I never would've known Wil Wheaton had another book out if K hadn't told me. In this book, he collects summaries he wrote for TV Squad of first season Star Trek: TNG eps. It's summary, it's snark, it's reminiscences, it's geek.
At first I thought this would be a quick read, but when I started reading, I changed my mind about that. It has to be read slowly, to appreciate all the jokes. And to take the humor in small doses.
But then I changed my mind again. The episodes after the first couple didn't seem as funny. I don't think it's really because they were less funny, but more that he'd lost my sense of newness and surprise by that point. Which is a key component of humor. But of course I plowed ahead anyway. It ended up being a very quick read for me. Read the rest of this entry »