I Am Spock

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Leonard Nimoy: I Am Spock (AudiobookFormat, 2008, Brilliance Audio)

mp3 cd

English language

Published May 22, 2008 by Brilliance Audio.

ISBN:
978-1-4233-5836-7
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OCLC Number:
209659486

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4 stars (3 reviews)

Actor Leonard Nimoy tells of the alien who inhabits his body and how he made peace with him.

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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 …

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