He traces Star Trek's humble beginnings, Spock's quick rise to popularity, and discusses his series costars with compliments and affection. His childhood and early struggles as an unknown actor are tackled in about 2 pages. Nimoy jumps right into the Star Trek lore-again, just what any fan (this fan, for sure) would desire. This book is exactly what any true fan hopes to read! He writes with exuberance and fondness about every aspect of his career association with Mr. It is a love-letter, pure and simple, from Leonard Nimoy to the whole Star Trek universe.

This book is an absolute must read for any true fan of Star Trek. However, even the most engagingly narrated audiobook is only interesting to a listener so long as the subject matter is of interest if you find Nimoy's work intriguing, particularly his character of Spock, and Star Trek in general, you are likely to greatly enjoy this audiobook - or the book itself. This is why this audiobook remains my absolute favourite. I feel as though he is sharing memories, instead of just narrating words off a transcript. The narration is so natural and engaging, that I feel like I am listening to the man himself telling me stories from the chair across from mine. Nothing in this recording sounds 'narrated' or 'read on tape.' Nimoy's voice reflects the emotions corresponding with each story it recites when recalling vexing times, he sounds genuinely frustrated, and when telling humorous stories his voice carries suppressed laughter. Shatner especially tends to read quickly and, in my opinion, rather stoically.Īside from the content, which I find intriguing, the reason I love this audiobook above all is the affable and energetic delivery. In all of those cases, the actual book overshadowed the narrations.

I've listened to various autobiographical audiobooks, including some read by William Shatner, George Takei, and so forth. This is, by far, my favourite audiobook, and incidentally, based on my favourite autobiography. This is an abridged audiobook, but a terrific job has been done at editing the book for recording.

This review will focus only on the audiobook version. If you are considering getting this audiobook, you've probably read the book itself, and therefore know what it is: an autobiography by Leonard Nimoy, best known for the part of Spock in Star Trek.

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