Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture

Buy from AALBC (Recommended)

  • Support an Independent Home for Black Books
  • Free shipping on orders over $75
  • Book club and bulk-order discounts
  • Borrow from Library
Add to Cart — $14.95
More Book Details
Imprint: Quirk Books (Aug 02, 2011)
Fiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 9781594745270

    Description of Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture


    THE GEEKS HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH.

    Computer nerds are our titans of industry; comic-book superheroes are our Hollywood idols; the Internet is our night on the town. Clearly, geeks know something about life in the 21st century that other folks don’tsomething we all can learn from. Geek Wisdom takes as gospel some 200 of the most powerful and oft-cited quotes from movies (“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads”), television (“Now we knowand knowing is half the battle”), literature (“All that is gold does not glitter”), games, science, the Internet, and more. Now these beloved pearls of modern-day culture have been painstakingly interpreted by a diverse team of hardcore nerds with their imaginations turned up to 11. Yes, this collection of mini-essays is by, for, and about geeksbut it’s just so surprisingly profound, the rest of us would have to be dorks not to read it. So say we all.
    N. K. Jemisin, Genevieve Valentine, Eric San Juan, Zaki Hasan, and Stephen H. Segal

    About N. K. Jemisin, Genevieve Valentine, Eric San Juan, Zaki Hasan, and Stephen H. Segal

    Learn more →