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Nerd Lib
For The Economist, I talked with Mr. Simon Pegg:
In less enlightened times, nerds were damned to the fringes of society. Their knowledge of triffids and wookiees was ignored, their habit of layering T-shirts over T-shirts mocked. But the nerds have risen up. Today they are recognised as an influential, moneyed elite. They build multi-billion dollar corporations from secret algorithms. They star in their own TV shows and film franchises. They are elected President of the United States and they attract most of the lovelorn rubbernecking at my neighbourhood coffeeshop.
But mainly, nerds get book deals. So many book deals, in fact, that they seem to have forged a new literary genre: the celebrity nerd coming-of-age story.
Simon Pegg’s memoir, “Nerd Do Well: A Small Boy’s Journey to Becoming a Big Kid” (Gotham Books), is the latest to chronicle a famous sci-fi fan’s self-actualisation. I caught a few moments with Pegg to talk about this phenomenon.
Read the entire story here.
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