Opening that first Darth Vader figure and putting him in a Landspeeder. Imagining a snowy elementary school playground as the wastes of Hoth. Seeing Return of the Jedi on opening night.
Moments like these - and a galaxy more - make up more than three decades of "Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek." Author and first-generation saga fan John Booth takes the reader from a childhood packed with Star Wars guys (never "action figures") and Christmas wishes both fulfilled and unrealized, through the years when the trilogy lay dormant to the mainstream public's eye, and into an age of seeing George Lucas' universe as an adult while exploring it again as a parent.
Collect All 21! revisits the late 1970s and early '80s, in all their bad-haircuts-and-Atari glory, then moves beyond those decades and nostalgia to explore the evolution of the Star Wars saga and its fandom.
This expanded electronic edition also includes interviews with Star Wars cast and crew members reflecting on the saga’s impact from both first-generation-fan standpoints and a career spent bringing the universe to life on-screen.
Named by Topless Robot as one of The Ten Greatest Non-Fiction Star Wars Books, Collect All 21! is a love letter from a self-aware geek written under the sometimes harsh light of hindsight, softened with understanding. It captures the innocence and wonder and infinite possibilities of what it meant to an eight-year-old to Collect All 21!
"Like a nostalgic walk through your childhood and growing up geek."
- WIRED magazine's GeekDad
"The feeling of childhood magic that pours from its pages will have you reflecting on how much of an impact the Wars have had on you."
- Topless Robot
"I never thought I’d actually get that Time-Travel Belt, but reading this book is almost better."
- George Krstic, writer, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Motorcity, and Megas XLR
Moments like these - and a galaxy more - make up more than three decades of "Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek." Author and first-generation saga fan John Booth takes the reader from a childhood packed with Star Wars guys (never "action figures") and Christmas wishes both fulfilled and unrealized, through the years when the trilogy lay dormant to the mainstream public's eye, and into an age of seeing George Lucas' universe as an adult while exploring it again as a parent.
Collect All 21! revisits the late 1970s and early '80s, in all their bad-haircuts-and-Atari glory, then moves beyond those decades and nostalgia to explore the evolution of the Star Wars saga and its fandom.
This expanded electronic edition also includes interviews with Star Wars cast and crew members reflecting on the saga’s impact from both first-generation-fan standpoints and a career spent bringing the universe to life on-screen.
Named by Topless Robot as one of The Ten Greatest Non-Fiction Star Wars Books, Collect All 21! is a love letter from a self-aware geek written under the sometimes harsh light of hindsight, softened with understanding. It captures the innocence and wonder and infinite possibilities of what it meant to an eight-year-old to Collect All 21!
"Like a nostalgic walk through your childhood and growing up geek."
- WIRED magazine's GeekDad
"The feeling of childhood magic that pours from its pages will have you reflecting on how much of an impact the Wars have had on you."
- Topless Robot
"I never thought I’d actually get that Time-Travel Belt, but reading this book is almost better."
- George Krstic, writer, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Motorcity, and Megas XLR
