TV Geek: The Den of Geek Guide for the Netflix Generation

by Simon Brew

Get sucked in to the world of box-sets, bingewatching and addictive insider anecdotes with this comprehensive guide to the small screen, brought to you by the people behind the Den of Geek website.
TV Geek recounts the fascinating stories of cult-classic series, reveals the nerdy Easter eggs hidden in TV show sets, and demonstrates the awe-inspiring power of fandom, which has even been known to raise TV series from the dead.

Subjects include:
- How the live-action Star Wars TV show fell apart
- The logistics and history of the crossover episode
- The underrated geeky TV shows of the 1980s
- The hidden details of Game of Thrones
- Five Scandinavian crime thrillers that became binge hits
- The Walking Dead, and the power of fandom

TV series now have the same budgets, stars, audience figures and cultural impact as Hollywood movies, and TV Geek provides an insightful look at the fascinating history, facts and anecdotes behind the greatest (and not-so-great) shows.

This is the ultimate, nerdy television guide for TV geeks everywhere.

Genres: Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Stefan Grieve · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun collection of fact about TV, mainly of the sci-fi and fantasy variety.
It is colourfully arranged like glossy magazine articles, or web articles converted to a book.
I did notice at least one inaccuracy, but overall I think the reading of this was a breezy, informative experience with an assortment of different types of articles, some basic like facts, figures and graphs, some behind the scenes stuff and some even dips into the mildly philosophical.

[Chris Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed this book from - a fascinating series of articles, anecdotes, behind the scenes info and facts for any fan of TV.

Recommend for any fan of television - this won’t disappoint.

The Den of Geek Guide for the Netflix Generation: TV Geek

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating book. There was a lot of good information and details about different TV shows. Because of the large amount of information, this book was easier to read in chunks versus reading it all at once.

[Katie Rankine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall this is a great book of random facts! Just a few bits annoyed me with inaccuracies (hells kitchen is not the show where Ramsey shouts at people for their dirty kitchens)

[Emma Dargue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview look at the behind the scenes details of some of TV's well known shows that doesn't take itself too seriously.

[Odd Ball · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.3 stars. Basically a collection of articles, rather than a cohesive book, but many of them are interesting and/or entertaining.

[Ben Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really enjoyed the film book the same folk did but this felt a little too sleight and fractured for a book. I would love to see these authors tackle the same subjects as a longer form thing.

[Gemma Searle · Rating 4 out of 5]

An Interesting book with lots of little tidbits about the world of tv. My favourite part though was the Geek Vs Loneliness such an important section