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Being a fan of Wil Wheaton since "Stand By Me", I was drawn to his online blog and amazing website, www.wilwheaton.net. There I found that one of my childhood crushes was now an author, working on several books! Immediately I had to buy one. Wil published his book by starting his own company, Monolith Press.
He even signed it for me! I read it once and then put it back in the envelope... I have to buy another one just for reading. It's that good.
"Five short but true stories"... From a story about a beloved family member that passed away (the saddest story, and I guarantee you will relate to it), to a sweet moment with his wife, Anne, until we get to the the epic (in comparison) tale of his adventures at a Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas. And you finally get to learn the truth about William Shatner.
Get this book! Definitely worth the money, and definitely worth your time!
Happy Reading!
Jeannette

I've read a little of Wil's blog on his web site and found his writing entertaining. This short book (can be read in about an hour) contains a few stories all of which originally appeared on his website; one about losing his aunt (which I immediately identified with, having lost numerous loved ones over the years), his meeting "Captain Kirk" and how poorly "Kirk" treated Wil, to "fear & loathing" at a Star Trek convention, and to not calling a girl he met back when he was 15. All of them are very entertaining, at times funny, at times emotional as Wil relates them all. Wil is a great story teller and good writer and reveals there's much more to him than Wesley Crusher. And best of all, the book was done using Open Office, instead of Word or some other high cost word processing program. All right, Wil is a Linux dood..right on!

Will Wheaton, a hugely successful actor (see his performances in Stand by Me, Star Trek: Next Generation, etc....and note that any actor with this kind of resume' IS hugely successful), brings us stories about growing up Hollywood/Trek. If you watch and enjoy Stark Trek on T.V. or at the movies, Dancing Barefoot will delight, replete as it is with inside takes and recaps of many on-the-set moments. But this is no Hollywood marketing gimmick or lame tell-all, Dancing Barefoot is a substantial literary work, with a pulse and rhythm born of one of America's most unique and talented young writers. Yeah, Sherman Alexie is funny, disarming and A+++ as writers go, but Wil Wheaton is on his way.

In Dancing Barefoot and his other recent title, Just a Geek, Wil Wheaton expresses himself as an insightful and hilarious writer, in several modes. The books emerge as children of his website log ("blog"), and they are the most powerful pieces of story telling
to yet emerge from the blog genre. He is part documentarian, part prankster, and :All Story.

Mr. Wheaton has found and embraced his delightful storytelling gift. Poised for continued success in several modes (acting, movie/t.v./play writing, directing, producing,story writing),
the readers of the world can selfishly hope that he will give us many more stories to read. Sure, Steven Spielberg is a Hollywood great whose fancy writing has recently appeared in the literary magazine Zoetrope: All Story (run by another Hollywood great, Francis Ford Copolla), but Wheaton's work is very much on its way, too, and should appear in such venues. Wheaton is next in line, after Steve Martin, to succeed as a Hollywood actor turned writer.

Enjoy Dancing Barefoot. As the product of an emerging and courageous writer, it will give you some inspiration and courage to go on.