I Was Geeky When Geeky Wasn'T Cool

Being geeky isn't really geeky these days. But back in the 80s, being a geek was a death sentence for a kid's social life. Nobody knew that better than me. I was the stereotypical nerd: I was smart, wore glasses, was terrible at sports, and had my nose stuck in a book most of the time. I was different, and that meant I was made fun of. To cope with all the teasing, I would lose myself in other worlds, those with spaceships and lasers, or longswords and dragons. I devoured TV, movies, and comic books with a fervent passion. None of these obsessions made me any more popular. Inside this book are my most vivid memories of being a weird, nerdy kid. Some of these stories detail the different crazes I threw myself into, ranging from comic book heroes and form-shifting robots to Dungeons & Dragons and pop music. Some of these tales are about trying hard to fit in and be "normal". A healthy dollop of nostalgia flavors all these anecdotes of what it was like growing up geeky in the 80s. 9780692400135 0692400133 206 BOOK NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=PkuFrgEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Marc Allie
• | Publisher: Mnd Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 03, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 186 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0692400133
• | ISBN-13: 9780692400135