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Wil Wheaton accomplishes something in his new book, Dancing Barefoot, that is genuinely astonishing. He weaves true life tales that are both geeky and emotional at the same time.¹

Now an author and famous denizen of the Internet, Wil Wheaton is still known to most people as Wesley Crusher, a much-maligned teen character on TV’s Star Trek: The Next Generation. Wheaton began his acting career in childhood, and by the mid-1980s had appeared in several small roles on television and in feature films.²

Between 2001 and fall 2004, Wil operated a message board, known as “The Soapbox” or “Paracosm”, as part of the blog site. Rather than just a fan forum, it was a place where people could gather to talk about various subjects including movies, music, books, religion, politics, gaming, geocaching, and miscellaneous topics; the original emphasis was on topics of interest to Wil Wheaton and not the man himself.³

Then there is the character that seems to get taken on by the entire viewing audience - one that is universally hated to such a degree that if you don’t bash them, there must be something wrong with you. One man who can speak to this is Wil Wheaton, who played the oft-flamed Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation.⁴

I?ve mentioned before that I?m a fan of Wil Wheaton, former Star Trek: The Next Generation actor and up-and-coming writer. His blog is great and his books, which expand further on thoughts initially shared in his blog, make for a great read.⁵