Summary: Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every per...
I think the book did a great job of representing a lot about Japanese Internment that doesn't get covered other places. Like just how complicated it was for so many of the people incarcerated. I'd never heard a story like George Takei's mother's story. I liked the smaller beats within the story as...
Date Published: July 16, 2019 Format: Paperback Source: Own copy Date Read: November 9, 2019 Review: A history of the Executive Order 9066 and how it affected his family and his community that was seen by a seven year old boy and then later as a teenager/young adult who had his early activism infl...
I originally read and reviewed the hardcover book, checked out from my library, but the publisher is now offering an e-book version so I am basing my review on the new e-book, released March 10, 2015. I was able to read this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I have completely ...
Because Takei is just amazing. Absolutely amazing! As a man who simply is caring, sensitive, intelligent, as an activist, as an actor. As someone who is willing to laugh at himself, and who does so with a grace that humbles me. Much of this is both laugh out loud funny and informative, which...
A short rumination by the irrepressible Takei on how social media works and how he came to be one of it's most popular denizens. Nothing earthshattering here, but it's an enjoyable read.
I don't read many humor books, but as George Takei writes, he's sort of the 'naughty gay uncle we all wish we had'. I was more than a little excited to pick up this book, as I'm an avid follower on his Facebook fan page and was expecting more of his brand of humor.Unfortunately, it didn't much live ...
Very uneven in the quality of the stories. Most of them just okay, a few quite good. The only one I'd call great is Neil Gaiman's (no surprise), but the ones by Kelly Link and Joe Hill came close.
Written in George's witty and biting style, this is a fun(ny) and interesting read about social media (namely Facebook and Twitter), and for better or worse, how we are synergistically connected via and to this web. As a communications major, I really wanted to know what a septuagenarian, who is mor...
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