New Book Release – A Long Time Ago: Growing Up With And Out Of Star Wars

Last month I was fortunate enough to read a preview copy of a new book entitled A Long Time Ago: Growing Up With And Out Of Star Wars, which has been written by Gib van Ert of ThisSortofThing.com and was released yesterday.

Some time in the summer of 1977, sitting in the back seat of a borrowed station wagon at the only drive-in in town, Gib van Ert saw the first ninety minutes of a film that changed his world—and the world in general—forever. Then he fell asleep. So began a torrid thirty-five-year love affair with Star Wars, complete with infatuation, lust, devotion, jealousy, betrayal, despair, separation and reconciliation.

In A Long Time Ago: Growing Up With And Out Of Star Wars, van Ert describes how Star Wars captivated his imagination as a boy, broke his heart as a young man, and is foisting itself upon him again today through fatherhood. At once a personal memoir and a reflection on the shared experience of a generation, A Long Time Ago explores Star Wars fandom with equal parts humour and thoughtfulness, nostalgia and regret.

For more information on the book, or links to purchase via Amazon, head on over to the official site.