Nerd Do Well
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3.8 • 47 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From a filthy flat in Tufnell Park to the starship Enterprise, it's fair to say that Simon Pegg's career didn't go quite the way he expected.
Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, a warp engine beyond the final frontier: Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times. Having blasted onto the small screens with his now legendary sitcom Spaced, his rise to the status of the nation's favourite son has been mercurial, meteoric, megatronnic, but mostly just plain great.
From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with Star Wars, his often passionate friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up which began with his regular Monday morning slot in front of his 12-year-old classmates, this is a joyous tale of a homegrown superstar and a local boy made good.
CONTENT WARNING: This book features discussion of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, a film which some readers may find distressing.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this memoir, Pegg, the British comedian-writer-director of the zombie film spoof Shaun of the Dead, admits that he is offering an account of his "journey from ordinary nerd to nerd participating in the world that made him nerdy in the first place," with an emphasis on the irony of how his childhood passions (Star Trek) have reappeared in his adult career (a role in the most recent Star Trek movie). But Pegg doesn t even discuss Shaun the film that brought him to the attention of U.S. audiences, and which most readers would want to know more about until more than three-quarters of the way through his book. Up to then, his book is, unfortunately, a standard-issue celebrity bio: early childhood experiences (kissing), discovering a love for comedy and film, his college-era comedic efforts, etc. Between chapters, Pegg offers a fake autobiography the one he says he really wanted write about his life as a superhero with a robotic butler. But the fake story isn t really that funny, and the real anecdotes aren t really that interesting.
Customer Reviews
Nerd does well!
One of the best biographies I have ever read. Already had a lot of love for Simon Pegg this was a brilliant insight to him, his relationship with nerd culture and his brilliant bromance Nick Frost.
Feel that I have learnt a lot about films and nerd culture from this book. Excellent short story inside too, favourite part.
Properly LOL (as the kids say!)
Just a funny, great, interesting read! If you're a fan you'll love this book. The book within the book is a slice of genius too!
Spaced out
Hollywood has clearly gone to Simons head. "SHOW ME THE MONEY!" *sigh*