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Summary: This is My Son...
Review: Couldn't put it down! The book is phenomenal in describing people like our son, a self-taught computer whiz who is failing high school. This book made me feel that everything was going to turn out just fine, despite all our worries. When Katz was describing one of the main characters working at his computer while talking on the phone during an extreme gaming session, it sounded exactly like him. It gave us a great insight to our son. It's like a counseling session, only much much better.
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Summary: You can't put it down!
Review: I am the type of person who nevers reads. When I saw this book the title caught my eye. After spending about 5 minutes reading the book, I was hooked. This book brings you so close to the characters (who are real people), that you feel what they feel and see what they see. I recommend this book to anyone. You will love it!
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Summary: Inside look at the geek lifestyle as a subculture
Review: Typically in relation to what a geek might be considered. Although not all geeks are full of angst like Jesse and Eric, the overall passion and lifestyle surrounding computers is very much the same. I enjoyed this book very much, although I would not encourage people who do not underdstand what a geek is to take the characters of the two boys as a measure up to someone whom they know to be a geek.
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Summary: Blecch! Untrue.
Review: This book is pretty naive. Work for the local computer shop, don't go to college and you will end up at the University of Chicago (?)Yes, and you might win the lottery too ;-) These guys told Katz a lot of lies about the Internet and various kinds of computer hardware and he just stuck it right in the book. Shame on you kids.
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Summary: Highly recommended for geeks and non-geeks.
Review: I'm non-geek. But that doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy reading Katz's book. It features the lives of two roommates and their thoughts on life from the end of high school through college. Reading what Jesse (the main character) says about how poorly smart people are treated when compared to athletes, it makes me remember my horrible middle and high school experience. I thank Katz for book.
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Summary: A marvelous little book
Review: If you have kids, if you teach kids, if you just want to understand kids, this is a must read. It brings out what hasn't changed much about high school in 40 years, and what has. My wife and I have taught for 30 years, and this book taught me plenty. We have raised two wonderful children and I understand them each a little better thanks to this book. Before I had even finished it, I had started a mental list of people on whom to press this book. Now that I have finished it, the list is longer.
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Summary: A glimpse of what may await my kids
Review: Living in what can be an insular society of Utah, I was intriegued by this book. The internet is viewed with a jaundiced eye in my world. It allows me to zip about viewing books I might not see anywhere else and as a resource for my kids. It also can be the bearer of the unknown. I was simutaniously appaled and exhilerated by the boldness of the two young men, leaving all that was familiar to strike off on their own. Several times I felt as though I should be packing up a box of food and goodies to send to these two lost souls. I was delighted to keep track of the inroads they made in their work and social life....as much a social life as a geek has. It was a great read, Jon Katz has an inside track on the world of the internet and actually made most of it make some sense. His fondness for the two young men is evident and his struggle to remain an observer is as much a part if the story as the move from Idaho. It opened my eyes to what my children may face when they leave this place and face the big bad world.
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Summary: A truly excellent book.
Review: I am a geek; younger than Jon Katz, somewhat older than the two he writes about. But boy do I recognize the world. Katz is on target both in his analysis of geek culture and in his views on how geek culture is coming to matter in this, the age of the "geek ascendancy." A terrific book, which I intend to donate to several school libraries.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: Jon Katz captures the psychological world of the geek and givesa voice to those who the mainstream casts aside as"outcasts." As a forensic psychologist who works with troubled kids, I can attest to the emotional turmoil these kids go through on a daily basis, especially in high school...Mr. Katz makes clear what it is about these "geeks" that causes their peers to dislike them. Unfortunately, in the larger society, like in high school, those who are intelligent and think rationally are least likely to be represented in the mainstream.
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Summary: Eye-opener
Review: I highly recommend Geeks. The story is about two teenage geeks. The message is about alienation, redemption and assimilation. Fascinating because of its engaging characters and its insights into so-called "geek culture", the book is enlightening, particularly to parents of adolescents, on an entirely different level. Our society nurtures only certain "types" while others "types" may provide the keys to the future of our culture. Although I share the view of several previous reviewers that the style of writing is somewhat breathless at times, the story being told and the message being delivered are important issues of our time.
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