kab reviewed I am Spock by Leonard Nimoy
I Am Spock
4 stars
3.75 I read this having seen more SNW Spock than TOS. I knew of two contributions by Nimoy that gave me a positive impression and spurred me to read another memoir by someone I wasn't necessarily a dedicated fan of (following the vibrant Fingers Crossed by Miki Berenyi). One was something he wrote in 1968 for FaVE magazine entitled Spock: Teenage Outcast, and the other was The Full Body Project from 2007 via Lindy West's piece about his photography.
The writing is plain and there are from-another-era moments (although I'm sure he would've been pro a sensitivity reader). Nimoy is gracious throughout, I appreciated hearing his approach to storytelling and insights into directing, and I got all the background tidbits I was looking for. Favourite piece of trivia: "On the Star Trek set, I’d take copious swigs of honey around three or four in the afternoon in order to keep …
3.75 I read this having seen more SNW Spock than TOS. I knew of two contributions by Nimoy that gave me a positive impression and spurred me to read another memoir by someone I wasn't necessarily a dedicated fan of (following the vibrant Fingers Crossed by Miki Berenyi). One was something he wrote in 1968 for FaVE magazine entitled Spock: Teenage Outcast, and the other was The Full Body Project from 2007 via Lindy West's piece about his photography.
The writing is plain and there are from-another-era moments (although I'm sure he would've been pro a sensitivity reader). Nimoy is gracious throughout, I appreciated hearing his approach to storytelling and insights into directing, and I got all the background tidbits I was looking for. Favourite piece of trivia: "On the Star Trek set, I’d take copious swigs of honey around three or four in the afternoon in order to keep going." He also made me want to seek out all the episodes written by Dorothy Fontana as well as the 1973 animated series she produced.
