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Nerd Do Well (2010)

de Simon Pegg

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Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:

The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul, Spaced, and Star Trek.

Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise â?? actor, comedian, writer, and supergeek Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows. Having landed on the U.S. movie scene in the surprise cult hit Shaun of the Dead, his enduring appeal and rise to movie stardom has been mercurial, meteoric, megatronic, but mostly just plain great.

From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with science fiction, his enduring friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up comedy, which began with his regular Monday-morning slot in front of his twelve-year-old classmates, Simon has always had a severe and dangerous case of the funnies.

Whether recounting his experience working as a lifeguard at the city pool, going to Comic-Con for the first time and confessing to Carrie Fisher that he used to kiss her picture every night before he went to sleep, or meeting and working with heroes that include Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith, and Quentin Tarantino, Pegg offers a hilarious look at the journey to becoming an international superstar.… (més)

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My attraction to this book began with the title. How could I resist the offerings of a fellow nerd? The jacket blurb further cemented my need to read it, invoking and evoking love for the same cross-section of science fiction and adventure genre films that I crave. It was instantly on my to-be-read (someday) list. That day came when it showed up on the display shelf of the local library and I snatched it up without thinking if I could even find the time to read right now. I couldn't. But I did anyway, in fits and starts.

Reading about Pegg's life in fits and starts seems fitting, since that is how he seems to have lived it and also how he writes about it. Mixed in with the non-chronological memoir of how he came to be a genre (not-quite-super) star are some oddly personal (considering he didn't want this book to be too personal) moments (TMI) and alternating chapters of an intentionally badly-written adventure story starring a fictional Pegg. These are the parts I skipped.

The parts I enjoyed (for the most part) describe his love of science fiction and TV and film and especially science fiction TV and films (Star Trek and Star Wars), how he managed to get an education in drama almost in spite of himself and then almost as accidentally parlay that into an actual career.

The writing is servicable and sometimes funny. His insights into genre films (especially his reactions to the various incarnations of Star Wars) and how they are made make the book palatable (I would have liked much more of this). The rest of the book is a hodge podge, like he couldn't quite decide what to focus on.

You may like (parts of) this book if you are a Star Wars or Star Trek fan. The rest of you can give it a pass. ( )
  zot79 | Aug 20, 2023 |
Spent to much time on his childhood for my taste, I would have preferred more about his professional career especially with his long time partners Wright and Frost. ( )
  kevn57 | Dec 8, 2021 |
This book cannot be rated on its merits alone. It feels too much like you are supplying a ranking for Simon Pegg himself. Therefore it cannot have any other rating than 5 stars and be accurate. The flights of fiction and philosophy were entertaining. It seems as though (as he states in multiple places) that Pegg is a bit shy of the whole autobiography idea. He has identified himself far too closely with the label Fan to think of himself in the mode of Producer of Things That Have Fans without feeling a little ostentatious or even moments away from being proved a momentary blip on the pop culture thingamajig. This is probably why he is likable - he both craves our attention and knows that it's not considered honorable or cool to need it, He is at once "look at me!" and "Didn't mean it! Back to what you were doing. Sorry for the bother. Having a lovely time, you?"
One note of caution, if you find that the word "circularity" makes you cough up office fur balls or reminds you too potently of your workaday drudge, proceed with care. Pegg seems to have learned this word just for the and in the time-tested method of vocabulary acquisition, has chosen to use it in a sentence. As many sentences as his editor will bloody well allow. And if you don't like it there are plenty more biographies that do not have a Star Wars bit in the appendix or a subject so likeable that you cannot help but read some of the bits out loud just so you can pretend to be Simon Pegg. ( )
  ednasilrak | Jun 17, 2021 |
Pegg's a good reader, so I enjoyed listening to this. I felt the fiction-story segments were a bit too much - it felt like he was padding his word count with that part so that what he'd written would equal a book, as opposed to a longish article. They were funny & enjoyable, just not entirely what I had in mind. The parts where he referenced his early days in British TV were essentially a long list of names & things that held no meaning for me, so that got a little tedious, but it's hardly his fault I didn't know what he was talking about. All in all it was enjoyable, but not as informative about his life & experiences as I would have hoped. ( )
  jlweiss | Apr 23, 2021 |
Simon Pegg doesn't like to talk about himself. He really doesn't and tells you straight from the start. So how does a memoir written by someone who guards their privacy work? Well, surprisingly well. Pegg waxes nostalgic a lot about his childhood and how his belief in chaos theory- all the interests he had and choices he made- brought him to the point he is at now.

But in my opinion, the book shines when Pegg talks about the things he loves. Like Star Wars and zombie movies, and being a fan of those myself (who also studied film theory as a major at university) it was hands down the best part. Honestly, if Pegg just decided to write a book about films and general geekdom it probably would have been a more interesting read.

Because there was some disappointment. It took so long for him to finally start writing about his professional career, and when he finally did it was highly glossed over quickly and then the book ended. As a huge fan of both Spaced and Shaun of the Dead, I think he could have written more about those times without pointing the finger at anyone who maybe was less than stellar to work with.

Gossip-y Hollywood Memoir it is not. Which was nice, but there wasn't a lot of substance as far as his professional career is concerned either. Oddly enough, when it was over I didn't feel like I had wasted my time, I kinda just wanted to sit down the pub and talk Star Wars. ( )
  AshleyVanessaGG | Jul 6, 2020 |
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Simon Pegg is as close as you can get to a real-life geek superhero; his special powers include a real affection for Comic-Con culture and stepping into that imaginary world. As a boy, Pegg was swept away by his geek loves: live theater and the fantastical worlds of "Star Wars," "Doctor Who," "Jason and the Argonauts" and "Star Trek." He now lives the impossible dreams of his youth, acting for Steven Spielberg and stepping onto the deck of the Starship Enterprise as Scotty in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" reboot.
 
But the fake story isn’t really that funny, and the real anecdotes aren’t really that interesting.
afegit per rretzler | editaPublishers Weekly (Web de pagament) (Mar 28, 2011)
 
The book debut by the comedian and actor responsible for Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz is likely to please the author’s following but not necessarily expand it.
afegit per rretzler | editaKirkus Reviews (Mar 15, 2011)
 
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Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:

The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul, Spaced, and Star Trek.

Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise â?? actor, comedian, writer, and supergeek Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows. Having landed on the U.S. movie scene in the surprise cult hit Shaun of the Dead, his enduring appeal and rise to movie stardom has been mercurial, meteoric, megatronic, but mostly just plain great.

From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with science fiction, his enduring friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up comedy, which began with his regular Monday-morning slot in front of his twelve-year-old classmates, Simon has always had a severe and dangerous case of the funnies.

Whether recounting his experience working as a lifeguard at the city pool, going to Comic-Con for the first time and confessing to Carrie Fisher that he used to kiss her picture every night before he went to sleep, or meeting and working with heroes that include Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith, and Quentin Tarantino, Pegg offers a hilarious look at the journey to becoming an international superstar.

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