The sociological study and inspirational story of how two social misfits and self-professed “geeks” used their technological prowess to escape dead-end life in a dreary Idaho town. Geeks is a provocative look inside a rapidly growing subculture of “techno-outsiders,” many of whom are now running the systems that run the world.

"A story of friendship, optimism, social despair."—USA Today

"A touching page-turner about social outcasts using technology to wriggle free of dead-end lives."—U.S. News & World Report

"An uplifting and hugely compassionate book."—Philadelphia Inquirer

 
A former television producer, Jon Katz is now a media critic, a journalist, and the author of several books covering a vast repertoire of topics. In Geeks he takes on a timely topic, adding a human dimension to the often faceless world of technology.