I think one of the things that surprised me the most about
this book was how little I actually knew about Leonard Nimoy. Now, I have read
BOTH of his autobiographies (I Am Not Spock and I Am Spock respectively) but
some of the stories featured in this book are completely new to me. Maybe that’s
because it was some things that Leonard would have rather forgotten but the point
is that it took someone ELSE writing about it for me to know these things.
I don’t really know what I expected about this book. Most of
it was a compare and contrast between Shatner and Nimoy. Some of the comparisons
were very interesting and others I think were merely so Bill could fill up some
space. That sounds harsh. I don’t know. All I know is that some of the things
in this book made me sad and some of them made me very happy. I always like to
hear about anything that has to do with Star Trek and this was all of that and
more. There was so much that I didn’t know about Leonard. I have never really
gone and looked at his body of work before or after Star Trek, but from what I
have since learned, it was vast and varied.
I love that there was so many things he did in his life
besides acting and I hope that someday I can see his photography or even read
some of his poetry. He was a very brilliant man and it was really sad when he
just couldn’t hold on anymore.
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