166 thoughts on “midnight ravers”

1. i was looking for it at super-walmart yesterday…not there yet.

2. i forgot to mention…i’ve got some influence at the local library…so next time i’m there, i’ll demand that they get “just a geek”!

3. So when’s the signing at Mysterious Galaxy? Eh? Eh? San Diego’s not that far away…

4. I am beyond happy for you, Wil. The success with your book is nothing but deserved. I had my signed copy shipped from California somewhere after you did a reading I couldnt attend. Stupid east coast! Why must it be so far from the West??
   🙂

5. *huggles*
   Good work, Wil!

6. Sounds like things are purrin’ along, Wil!! Congrats on your recent “successes” and hope there are many more to come! I’m ordering a copy tonight… : )
   Take care,

7. We’re putting together some signings right now.
   So far, July 18th at Border’s in Hollywood (Sunset and Vine) and August 6th at Powell’s Technical Annex in Portland are confirmed.
   We’re working on a date with Mysterious Galaxy, as well as Vroman’s in Pasadena.
   (check out how I totally didn’t geek out just now. 🙂

8. The UPS guy just dropped it off. Poor dude had a towel over his shoulder. It’s been in the mid 90s all week, humid as hell, and since I amazoned your book I now have to live with the guilt of adding one more stop between Mr Ups and his hard earned Cold One. But it will be a good book, so I think I can live with that.

9. I GOT MY COPY!!!!!! (Amazon!)
   Reading it now.
   Michael

10. Wil Wheaton killed my pet turkey!
    But in other news, great to hear about the copies coming onto Amazon Wil!
    Might be easier for us Scots across the pond in Blighty to get hold of a copy now! 🙂
    k thnx

11. Congrats!!! 🙂 If you get a signing set up at Mysterious Galaxy, I will totally be there – it’s just a block away from me! 🙂

12. Woo! I’m looking forward to receiving my copy so much. 😀 Now you need to come to Indiana for some face time, so I can get it signed. 😉

13. Wil,
    Darn it! We’re going to miss you in Portland by a day. My wife and I are going to go visit Portland for the first time starting August 7th. A visit to Powell’s is (of course) on the itinerary. Oh well. I’m ordering the book from Amazon now. Hope the signing goes well. We’re from Sacramento, so maybe we’ll catch you there or in the Bay Area. Good luck with the book tour.

14. Congratulations, Wil. Reading your site the last three years has been a pleasure.

15. Congrats, Wil! Just read the chapter that’s available online, and predictably, I *cannot* wait to read the rest of what you’ve written. Just make sure to make it out to the East Coast for a signing or two, alrighty?
    .. And THANK YOU, Wil, for providing this wonderful blog of yours over the years.

16. oh, go ahead and geek out wil…it’s good for the soul!

17. Wil,
    I just want to say that the book was great. I got it Wed morning night and couldn’t put it down. I was even reading it at work which lead my boss from Russia to aske how I knew about the “cool blogger.” I can’t wait to see what you come up with in the future.

18. Gee Wil,thanks for the excerpt. I guess it’s fair to say that your book will be in a PDF format besides the hardcover and paperback version?

19. My copies of both Just a Geek and Dancing Barefoot arrived yesterday. Despite the fact that I was already reading Ovid, a Logic textbook, and Goblet of Fire, I’m about a third of the way through JAG already. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, I’ve read bits to my s/o. I’d be done already if it weren’t for that whole homework/sleep/class/work thing.
    However, I can already definitively say that you rock.

20. WOO HOO!!!
    *throws confetti*

21. WOO HOO!!!
    *throws confetti*

22. Has anyone else had their preorders disappear from Amazon? I checked my pending orders today and it wasn’t showing there anymore, nor had it shipped – it’s just gone. Weird. Guess I’ll have to reorder – don’t want to be the last kid on the (virtual) block to get a copy. 😉

23. semi-unrelated, but will you have any copies with you to sign at the SENT show? (I think I may go to that)
    just wondering…
    congrats and hope to see you soon

24. I want your book, but I’m buying a video game, sorry…
    (Y)
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25. Mine will be here in one hour. Comeon mail, hurry up!!!!

26. Wil, I’m really happy for you, and glad I could be a small part of what’s clearly a life-changing experience.
    I think this is the first big taste of a successful writing career.
    See you in October, if not before.

27. Congratulations, Wil!
    We’ll be waiting patiently for you to make
    your way out on Rt. 66 again!
    Amanda in NM

28. we got a copy in the other day, good stuff! any signings in tx? 🙂

29. Wil,
    Congrats on the release of the book. I hope it does it well–I know I’ll be getting a copy.

30. I’ll bring a couple to SENT, lomara. Thanks for asking 🙂

31. wait, so who wrote the introduction?

32. Actually, as far as I had heard from our Area Marketing Manager, the signing at Borders in Hollywood has been moved to August 15….. You may want to check with “your people” to confirm, this is the new date I have been given….
    I’m hosting the event, so I super-stoked! Can’t wait to meet you and read Just a Geek!

33. Yup yup! I got mine yesterday and I was getting ready for bed when I thought, “Well, I just read the intro and see what Neil said.” 30 minutes later I was a couple chapters in and didn’t want to go to sleep. Damn you, Wil, for writing such compelling stuff in such a warm way! Okay, not really, thank you for writing such a great book and next time we need more words! More pages! 😉

34. WHOO HOO…just got confirmation that it was shipped. Can’t wait to read it!!

35. :::perk:::
    Hardback?
    Was that an option for purchase, or only your author’s copies?

36. Yay! How exciting! Thank you for giving us the privelege to read some of your work, pre-edited and pre-published, here in your blog. 🙂

37. I’m upset. JAG arrived yesterday afternoon so I had to stay up until I finished reading it.
    I almost missed my first class today because of you.
    But the lack of sleep was SO worth it.

38. Wil, you so totally rock! Loved the sample chapter! I think I may have to take a long lunch tomorrow and go on a quest to find JAG!!!!!!!!!

39. Wow! Yesterday I was checking Borders online for a couple of textbooks (grad student-type stuff) and decided to check to see if JAG was in yet . . . finding out that my local store had a copy! I immediately rushed to the store, and after wandering around for a while to find it (they put it in the TV section for pete’s sake! — an O’Reilly book in the TV section?? What’s next, the infamous Sendmail “Bat Book” being put in the cute furry animals section??!) I bought it, along with Richard Stallman’s book to keep up the Geek theme. I spent the next day enjoying every page, footnote, and appendix in JAG and just finished it 30 minutes ago! All I can say is, WELL DONE . . . and keep writing you fool! This is GOOD STUFF (TM)!!
    Dave

40. Mozel Tov Wil YOU deserve it.

41. Yea!!

42. It’s really awesome to see “my publisher” and “O’Reilly dot com” in the same sentence!

43. A note for all you folks who love the book, please post good reviews on Amazon for Wil, it looks like some bozo is writing dumb reviews just to keep the rating down.

44. OK. I’ve been lurking for a while and not buying, but the sample chapter grabbed me, so I hit Amazon and bought both books. Excellent writing!

45. I think Katrina got the first boxer copy, but don’t quote me on that. lol
    Congrats on the release… I think it is going to be a hit.
    Now I just have to figure out how to get my ‘autographed’ copy of JAG to match my Dancing Barefoot. 😛
    Any arizona cons coming up?

46. Amazon just informed me that my copy of JAG is on its way!!!! Woo hoo!!! I am also in the middle of reading Goblet of Fire (some Potter kid) but might have to put it aside for JAG!!! Already read the chapter up on O’Reilly’s site.
    Just too cool for words wil. Rock on!
    Melissa

47. Just how much a geek are you?
    I went to a cool campground in rural New York last week. It was for a gathering of The Church of the SubGenius

48. My copy of JAG arrived Tuesday.. Somebody at Amazon must like me.

49. Well, I’ve gotten a chance to read — and finish — the book. (Good reading for the 4th of July weekend.) The writing style is what I’ve come to expect: very smooth, easy to read. (Took me about 7 hours to read, and that wasn’t even “speed” reading. The book deserves a closer look than that.) The blog entries sprinkled in make the book easily relatable to anyone who’s read the site for any length of time.
    (By the way, if your life was populated with characters from LOTR — Sean Austin not withstanding — would your mom be Galadriel? She sure sounds like it, save for the whole “Dark Queen” thing. But I digress…)
    Overall, kudos. Easy to read, enjoyable, and a good chronicle of your personal growth. Rather interesting biography, insofar as the genre is concerned. Any signings planned in FL? (Should I be looking somewhere on the site for this 411?)

50. Lame? LAME? Wil, your website is, by far, one of the most interesting and entertaining reads on the internet. At first, I wasn’t sure what to make of “some guy who disappeared from STTNG”. But I stuck it out for a couple of days, and I found myself laughing along with you, sympathizing with you, hoping with you, crying with you…
    In short, you are one of the very few writers I’ve found that has the courage to say what you REALLY mean, what you REALLY feel. In that, you have earned my respect (in two days!), and you have inspired me to be better at everything I do.
    I know calling your website lame was an attempt at self-deprecation, but as I’m certain any regular reader will tell you, while funny, it has not been true for a long time.
    Keep up the excellent work.

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