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About
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 on the covers of magazines, win awards at the Oscars and the Grammys, eat at the best tables of the best restaurants, and park their Ferraris in front of their million dollar mansions.
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, most global, most inventive and most democratic culture on the planet. They are changing every aspect of our lives and being rewarded with money, prestige and power for doing so. They are the geeks, and their time has come.
GeekChic is the story of their lengthy rise to power, told in a language and method that they have helped pioneer. The book is a lively combination of text, design and images, GeekChic takes us all the way from Zeus to Dr Seuss, from Copernicus to Einstein, from Tesla to Tarantino, from computers to duct tape and from Space Invaders to Star Wars.
About the author
The mastermind behind GeekChic is Neil Feineman - founder/editor of Raygun and Revolution - and hailed as the missing link between McLuhan and Beckett. In collaboration with Submarine and Dutch graphic designers Coup, Feineman set out to create GeekChic. After we published a series of online issues GeekChic is now also available as a collectible, thematic and repackaged book. It can be read from start to finish or, just as easily, be dipped into and surfed at leisure.
Details:
Paperback: 160 pages
Full colour
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Language: English
ISBN: 1584232056
Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
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