Nerd Culture and the Star Trek Paradox

John E. Price
6 min readSep 19, 2017

Nerds are living in a golden age.

The billion-dollar movie club now includes:

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
  • The Avengers (2012)
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
  • Iron Man 3 (2013)
  • Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  • The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  • Rogue One (2016)
  • Star Wars: Episode I (1999)
John E. Price

Academic and Trekkie. I talk about the politics of culture, review nerd stuff, and golf a lot. Co-host: @podmeandering, #TopFive, @folkwise13