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lb_leeSPOCK: There is the other matter--the matter of identity.
NIMOY: Whose identity?
SPOCK: Ours.
NIMOY: I don't understand.
SPOCK: The separation of personalities. The rejection. The book.
NIMOY: You mean, I Am Not Spock? That was just a play of words, ideas. I was just trying to find a way to come to terms and explain... us. Our relationship. Did you feel rejected? I'm sorry.
SPOCK: I would not describe my experience as a "feeling."
NIMOY: I didn't mean to offend--
SPOCK: No offense taken.
Blurb: Leonard Nimoy's memoir about playing Spock on Star Trek, hearing his voice in his head and talking to it, and their relationship through Nimoy's acting, directing, and theatrical career over the decades.
Why is it worth your time?: It's enjoyable! Nimoy is playful and thoughtful, and he and Spock's regular dialogues taking the piss out of each other is a lot of fun. By the time of this book, Nimoy had all the money and prestige he needed, and he feels no shame about having Spock write the foreword trolling him, and for Nimoy himself to say first thing that he hears Spock's voice and talks back to him. Definitely give it a shot!
Plural Tags: abuse not mentioned, cofronting, identityblending, nonhumans (alien, Vulcan), fictioneers, friendship, voices
Content Warnings: None of substance. Nimoy discusses his parents death affecting him, later into the book, and Hollywood conflict, but on the whole, this book is not a painful read at all.
Access Notes: This book was pretty famous; you have decent odds finding it in a library. Released in hardback and paperback, never had an official ebook release but LibraryGenesis seems to have some digital versions. (Quality not guaranteed.)
Misc Notes: Comes with photos. Nimoy's earlier 1970s memoir, I Am Not Spock, has a chapter of the same name pontificating on the nature of identity and selfhood that may also be of interest!
NIMOY: Whose identity?
SPOCK: Ours.
NIMOY: I don't understand.
SPOCK: The separation of personalities. The rejection. The book.
NIMOY: You mean, I Am Not Spock? That was just a play of words, ideas. I was just trying to find a way to come to terms and explain... us. Our relationship. Did you feel rejected? I'm sorry.
SPOCK: I would not describe my experience as a "feeling."
NIMOY: I didn't mean to offend--
SPOCK: No offense taken.
Blurb: Leonard Nimoy's memoir about playing Spock on Star Trek, hearing his voice in his head and talking to it, and their relationship through Nimoy's acting, directing, and theatrical career over the decades.
Why is it worth your time?: It's enjoyable! Nimoy is playful and thoughtful, and he and Spock's regular dialogues taking the piss out of each other is a lot of fun. By the time of this book, Nimoy had all the money and prestige he needed, and he feels no shame about having Spock write the foreword trolling him, and for Nimoy himself to say first thing that he hears Spock's voice and talks back to him. Definitely give it a shot!
Plural Tags: abuse not mentioned, cofronting, identityblending, nonhumans (alien, Vulcan), fictioneers, friendship, voices
Content Warnings: None of substance. Nimoy discusses his parents death affecting him, later into the book, and Hollywood conflict, but on the whole, this book is not a painful read at all.
Access Notes: This book was pretty famous; you have decent odds finding it in a library. Released in hardback and paperback, never had an official ebook release but LibraryGenesis seems to have some digital versions. (Quality not guaranteed.)
Misc Notes: Comes with photos. Nimoy's earlier 1970s memoir, I Am Not Spock, has a chapter of the same name pontificating on the nature of identity and selfhood that may also be of interest!
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