Collect All 21! Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek - The First 30 Years

by John Booth

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ISBN: 978-1-4357-4376-2
Publisher: Lulu.com
Rights Owner: John Booth
Copyright: © 2008  Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
Download: 1 documents, 526 KB

Printed: 123 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink

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Opening that first Darth Vader figure and putting him in a Landspeeder. Imagining a snowy elementary school playground as the wastes of Hoth. Seeing Return of the Jedi on opening night. Moments like these - and a galaxy more - make up three decades of "Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek." John takes the reader from a childhood packed with Star Wars guys (never "action figures") and Christmas wishes both fulfilled and unrealized, through the years when the trilogy lay dormant to the mainstream public's eye, and into an age of seeing George Lucas' universe as an adult while exploring it again as a parent. Gracefully laying bare both the good and not-so-good times, this collection, with its origins as a series on his web site, FieldsEdge.com, is a love letter from a self-aware geek written under the sometimes harsh light of hindsight, softened with understanding. It captures the innocence and wonder and infinite possibilities of what it meant to an eight-year-old to Collect All 21!


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A great read! [ No Rating ] 20 Dec 2008 (updated 20 Dec 2008)
Well worth the read!

For any fan of the FORCE out there considering buying this book you will find laughter,tears and a whole lot of fun!

Thanks for sharing your interesting point of view John on how this great story/saga has shaped your life in so many ways as I am sure it has done for many of us!

MTFBWYA

A walk through time.... [ No Rating ] 9 Dec 2008 (updated 9 Dec 2008)
by Troy L
For anybody who was a kid growing up during the late 70's and early 80's, this is a must read book. Mr. Booth captures the essence of nostalgia perfectly for the era. There isn't one person out there from this generation who couldn't identify with the stories told in this book. It's amazing how much John recalls about his childhood. Over the years, I'd forgotten so much from my youth...until I read 'Collect All 21!' and it dislodged those memories free from wherever they were tucked away in my mind. Reading John's tales will even make you laugh out loud. And some will make you sad. Together with his undying passion for Star Wars, this book is a great dose of "remember when..."!
Sweet memories ...
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7 Dec 2008 (updated 7 Dec 2008)
This book is like a time machine. It tells the part that Star Wars, and the merchandise it brought into the world, played in the life of a young boy. The memories he has of that period in his life are brought back to life and told in detail. His childhood friends, the local movie theatre, the toy stores, ... - they are all there, and at times it's like the reader is there with him. 'Collect All 21' brougt me back to that period in my life as well, as I'm sure it could do with many other '30-something' people out there ... this is the story of how it was to be a kid in the late seventies / early eighties and how it felt to be sucked into the world that George Lucas created : the world of Star Wars. Honestly, and I speak out of experience, it felt great, and it still does but on another level. That period in time was just magic!

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