Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture

By: null N. K. Jemisin and null Genevieve Valentine and null Eric San Juan and null Zaki Hasan

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Synopsis: The essential companion for the geek era: a fusion of inspirational quotes, philosophy, and pop culture drawn from the entire cult-classic canon of film, TV, books, comics, and science. Celebrate nerd culture by taking a page out of your all-time favorites, like Star Wars and Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings and Dune—and much more! 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&’t—something 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 know—and 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 geeks—but it&’s just so surprisingly profound, the rest of us would have to be dorks not to read it. So say we all.