Wil Wheaton speaks to those of us that he so aptly describes as the video game/D&D/BBS/Star Wars figures generation. It is possibly the most descrptive label I've heard yet. We're not quite Gen X, nor Gen Y, but settled right in the middle. His stories about his childhood and most especially how those experiences come back to him while he deals with his own kids, resonates loudly to those of us who grew up at that same time.
Wil Wheaton has the ability to pull you in with his writing style. He so vividly remembers his childhood that I found myself wishing I could remember as well as he does. He made me laugh when he sang 'Mr. Roboto', and he also made me shed a tear when I read about Felix the Bear. And he made me go get my bag of D&D dice out of my drawer so I could hold them once more after I read 'a portrait of the artist as a young geek'.
I sat down to read a few stories and didn't put the book down until I was done. A wonderful collection of stories.
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