Geek Chic: The Ultimate Guide to Geek Culture

The Ultimate Guide to Geek Culture There's never been a better time to be a geek. After decades, if not centuries of persecution, ridicule and never, ever getting the girl, geeks are hot. They are scientists, programmers, artists, musicians, actors, videogamers, skateboarders and architects. They have risen above unimaginative educational systems, hostile social environments, and conventional employers to develop the most liberating, global, inventive and democratic culture on the planet. They are geeks and their time has come. Geek Chic begins by tracing the rise of Geek culture particularly in movies, television, music and media and goes on to present an extensive timeline of geek history over the millennia with short biographical sketches of O.G.’s (original geeks), such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Spike Jonze.

Neil Feineman

Be it skateboarding, surfing, grunge or DJs, Neil Feineman has been in the middle of underground subcultures on the verge of going mainstream for more than 25 years. From magazines such as Beach Culture and RayGun to books such as Kings of the Beach (the cult of beach volleyball) and 30 Frames per Second (music videos), he has been at the forefront of social change and epicenters of cool.