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The Geek Handbook
Practical Skills and Advice for the Likeable Modern Geek
Alex Langley
November | Humor
ISBN: 9781440232886
UPC: 074962015297
$14.99 (CAN $15.99)
Paperback
6 x 9, 240 pages
100 B&W Photo/Illus
World Rights
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Alex Langley
Plano, Texas | Rocketlama.com
Alex Langley is co-creator of Rocketllama.com, where
he discusses all areas of geekdom, from video games
to comics to movies and more. He has over 13,000
followers on Twitter, and is lead writer on video games
for a new entertainment news site and geek mecca,
GeekNation.com, launching in April and co-founded
by various celebrities and producers including cofounder
Clare Kramer, the main villain in season 5 of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is also head of editing
and coordinating articles for Action Flick Chick
Katrina Hill at her website, actionflickchick.com,
and has been a speaker and presenter at conventions
such as Wonder-Con and San-Diego Comic-Con
International.
Can’t Miss Backlist
• Over the past few years, a seismic shift has taken place in our culture
and what was once hopelessly geeky—video games, superheroes,
fantasy novels, science fiction—has now become cool, and geeks
themselves are inheriting the Earth.
• Includes 14 chapters of geekitude that cover top lists and more indepth
topics, from the Top 5 TV shows to watch with friends, 12
types of players you’ll meet when playing Dungeons and Dragons,
great things geeks can study in college, the level of threat different
computers will be when they become self-aware and try to kill you,
and other things essential to the geek lifestyle, along with humorous
illustrations.
• Author Alex Langley, himself a supreme geek, is the lead writer on
video games for a new entertainment news site and geek Mecca,
GeekNation.com, launching in April and co-founded by actress Clare
Kramer, the main villain in season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Although it may not be good for their pasty white skin, geeks these days
are enjoying a moment in the sun. It’s true; Geeks have inherited the
Earth—ready or not. Taking lessons from such classic geeks as Bill Gates,
Steve Jobs and Sheldon Cooper, author Alex Langley provides useful—
and awesomely funny—advice every geek needs. This humor handbook
helps full-fledged geeks, geeks-in-training and even non-geeks go through
daily life with geeky flair, as well as celebrate all things geek. It covers the
basics all geeks should know to live life to its fullest, including essential
gadgets to waste money on, famous role models to emulate, overcoming
social anxieties, essential movies to see and books to read, making friends,
and dating. Yes, dating. And who knows, you might even get laid.
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