This book is a collection of excerpts from Wil Wheaton's various writings. My initial reaction when I was reading this was that it was like sitting around listening to my friends talk. It was great fun and made me feel connected to him. He doesn't take on any pretensions, has no fear of making fun of himself and he's just plain funny. I am definitely going to be picking up some of his other books in the future. If you're the least little bit of a geek, you definitely should read this. And if you're not a geek, you still should probably read it. ( )

I quite enjoyed this chapbook collection of essays from Wil Wheaton, the uber-geek. His style is very personal and approachable, and I quite enjoy the way he writes in general.

While I enjoyed all of the essays, I found the included piece from his upcoming "Memories of the Future" (a collection of his snarky reviews of episodes of Star Trek:TNG) particularly amusing.

It's a self-published book via Lulu's print-on-demand service. I actually ordered the PDF ebook version so I could read it on my Kindle. There's some great advantages to this, as he gets a more substantial percentage of the sales, and thanks to print-on-demand he doesn't end up with unused stock. The only downside to this is that there were a few spots in the books containing typos that a copy editor would have been been able to catch for him. Or not, I've read my fair share of traditionally published books that contain typographical errors.

Anyway, it's well worth a read for all of us geeks. ( )

I bought a copy of this when I was at PAX East 2010 and got Wil to autograph it for me. I haven't had a chance to read it, but the Hot Cocoa scent still lingers...

A sampler of Wil Wheaton's writings from his books, blogs and websites. By turns funny, profane and moving, Wheaton has rightly gained a large fan-base for his writing. ( )

Sunken Treasures is a terrific way to introduce yourself to Wil Wheaton's writing, or to get a bit of a happy buzz if you've read other works. For me (as much as I love Wheaton, his blog posts tend to go over my head, and I skip them), my favorite piece was the Criminal Minds Diary, as I thought this was a window into Wheaton as both the actor and writer.

On another note, I hope everyone who reads this collection is also a fan of the musical artist, Jonathan Coulton. He makes a wonderful appearance. ( )