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Title: Get a Life! by William Shatner, Chris Kreski ISBN: 0-671-04416-8 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Audio) Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (42 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: CAPTAIN KIRK WINS AGAIN
Comment: THIS IS ABOUT THE WORLD OF STAR TREK CONVENTIONS. BILL SHATNER DOES A FINE JOB DESCRIBING WHAT GOES IN THE WORLD OF STAR TREK AND IT'S FOLLOWERS. I REALLY ENJOYED THE MANY STORIES ABOUT THE FANS, BEHIND THE SCENES, QUESTIONS ASKED, AND WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE TO BE ON THE STAGE SPEAKING TO THE TREKKIES AT A CONVENTION. BILL SHATNER IS CERTAINLY AM EGO TRIP, BUT IS HUMBLE IN THIS TELLING. USING HUMOR, INSIGHT, EXPERIENCE, AND OPINIONS HE DOES A VERY GOOD JOB KEEPING THIS BOOK BOTH LIGHT AND SERIOUS. HIS TELLING OF THE STORY OF JANE AND HER THERAPIST IS TRULY FASCINATING AND WORTH THE PRICE OF THE BOOK BY ITSELF.
STAR TREK AND GET ANOTHER LIFE RULES. FOR ALL TREKKIES.
Rating: 1
Summary: Self-Explanatory Title
Comment: As a Star Trek outsider, I purchased this book from my local library with the hope I would shortly become more knowledgeable of the Star Trek phenomenon and all its eccentric characters. I was horribly wrong.
The few chapters that actually confront the ST convention aspect are almost literally copied and pasted onto multiple pages. In regular exposés, the investigator will lead up to a climax, building suspense for his audience, then deliver the "Big Secret" that will wow his readers and make them philosophize and think deeply until the final pages. No such luck with "Get A Life." Shatner is quick to punch out his reasonings behind the conventions, and then proceeds to play his broken record until page 321, where the message is summarized and repeated again.
Throughout the novel are present roughly a dozen sidebars, each recounting an interview (distinct within Shatner's mind, but repetitive within any other normal person's). The interviews combine with the chapters upon chapters of other recited interviews to bore the reader to an early grave.
However, look at the cover of this book and you will see the "subjects" of Shatner's novel, the Trekkies, in the background... in black and white. Who is that figure in the forefront, full-color? None other than William Shatner/Capt. James T. Kirk himself, and thus the true topic of discussion is revealed.
In the novel, Shatner confesses to inject his convention speeches with unrelated jokes about his own private life to serve as filler to his presentations. He then writes a dozen chapters recalling these exact same "hilarious" stories, and thus makes filler for a book that could have otherwise been printed in 20 pages. If the reader purchases a book on Star Trek, the subject should be Star Trek, not Shatner's "knee-slapping" African safari (which you will encounter).
Shatner confesses to being cocky at times, but this is also the way he writes, interjecting his tales with self-praise concerning everything from journalism skills, to interviews, to his humble nature (ironically enough). When, at any time, a reader can look at a paragraph and see the words, "I", "me", or "my" present in any number higher than five, you should know that the novel is less about the "subject" and more about the author.
"Get A Life," is not the Star Trek explanation I had hoped for. This book will please the many William Shatner fans throughout the world, but very few else. To discover the real secrets of Star Trek, look for a more credible source.
Rating: 5
Summary: Get A Life, You People!!!
Comment: If cannot yell "Beam me up, Scotty!" when you just had enough, if you cannot flip your cell phone - no, I mean - communicator like Capt'n Kirk, if you cannot say "Success!" in Klingon, if you cannot say "Engage!" when you hit the gas paddle of your car, or you have never asked your pilot how fast the warp drive is, and if you cannot growl like a true Klingon, but you get a giggle attack when you see someone with a Starfleet Uniform, and think all Trekkies are nerds and need to Get A Life!, you shouldn't read the book because it won't change your perception.
Thank you Mr. Shatner!
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Title:William Shatner's Star Trek Memories ASIN: 6303944736 Publisher: Paramount Studio Pub. Date: 06 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy ISBN: 0786861827 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Star Trek Movie Memories by William Shatner, Chris Kreski ISBN: 0060176172 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: To the Stars by George Takei ISBN: 0671890093 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories by Nichelle Nichols ISBN: 1572970111 Publisher: Boulevard (Mass Market) Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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