Wil Wheaton. I was watching Wil on a Weakest Link: Star Trek repeat the other day. It was way cool. But not nearly so much as his new book.

You know Wil: from Star Trek: The Next Generation a lifetime ago. Uber-Blogger these days. Gamer. Geek. All-around superb guy.

It goes without saying that Wil Wheaton is one of the great geek stories of our time. But who'd have thought he could DELIVER some more great geek stories? Well, in the pages of Dancing Barefoot, the man behind Wesley Crusher does just that. Full of humor and humanity, Dancing Barefoot's writing style is packed with the kind of easy, natural, honest quality that is so in evidence on Wil's award-winning Blog site. Touching, genuine and funny, these are true-life stories you don't have to be a dork to enjoy.

Writing is NOT easy (and reading some people's writing is even harder). But Wil is a natural at it, and seems to be an amazing master of emotions on the printed page.Some of this stuff is hilarious. Some of it is awfully sad. This really is the kind of writing that's very difficult to tear yourself away from, and I sure saw parts of myself in his prose.

Deeply impressive, I can't wait for his next book (apparently entitled "Just a Geek").

Wil seems pretty damn good at just about everything he tries. I only pray he doesn't get a mind to take up cartooning...

More information on Dancing Barefoot can be found at http://www.monolithpress.com