A review by kerveros
Memories of the Future, Volume 1 by Wil Wheaton

4.0

A friend at work happened to notice I was re-watching Star Trek through my Twitter account and asked if I would be interested in reading this book. Being a bit of a Star Trek TNG fan I said "hell yes" (or something like that, I can't recall and cannot be bothered to go to Twitter to check). I am very glad I did as this is a very amusing book.

Star Trek TNG started broadcasting 2 years before I was born so when I first saw it it must have been on its third or fourth repeat. As such I never knew the hatred of Wesley Crusher until I started finding information on the internet (Wikipedia is really useful at times you know!). Granted as a character he did start to wear at me but there is usually a character in most shows that I am not a fan of and tolerate so... nothing knew there.

As a watcher of The Big Bang Theory I knew of Wil Wheaton and that he seemed happy enough to take the mickey about himself and you can see that here. He doesn't shy away from saying when he made a poor acting decision (though he does point out he was 14 and to be acting with a legend like Patrick Stewart you cannot really blame him as a lad), and also points out that the writers could have helped out a bit (and honestly, I can see what he means - Wesley does have some really lame lines).

The episode recaps are usually hysterically funny, and the behind the scenes memories are interesting. This book is 4 years old now and there is, apparently, meant to be a volume 2. Not entirely sure when that'll be but I will definitely be looking into reading it if it is ever published.

Overall, this is a really enjoyable very quick read and I highly recommend it for Star Trek TNG fans.