Up Till Now: The Autobiography
by David Fisher
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Author: David FisherNarrator: William Shatner
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, CD
Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN: 1427204152
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Book Reviews of Up Till Now: The Autobiography
Book Review: The Shatner I Never Knew
Summary: 4 Stars
I have never seen a complete episode of Star Trek. I have no appreciation for the show, its characters, or anything else about it. So why would I read a book by the man who made a fortune being Captain Kirk? It was a gift because I'm a huge fan of Boston Legal. And, I'll admit, I wasn't all that excited about reading this book. But no sooner did I start it than I was hooked.
There is a wonderful, self-depricating style that Shatner uses here. It completely disarms the reader and carries you along through the entire book. I gained more than insight into the actor, I gained a real appreciation for the man. A big career, a big life, a big ego, and a big sense of humor. Wrap that all up with talent and it's a pretty interesting picture.
I am a much bigger Shatner fan for having read this book. He's actually somebody I'd like to have chat with over coffee. This is not a heady book, but it's a quick, fun read.
Summary of Up Till Now: The Autobiography
This is the story of?William Shatner's?half-century career and?private life. The audio will take readers from the streets of Montreal to?regional theatre, where Shatner was once called upon to replace Christopher Plummer as Henry V- in a role he had never rehearsed, with actors he had never met. It will describe his early TV work?and movies, among them Roger Corman's The Intruder, a movie about racism filmed in the south in 1961; Kingdom of the Spiders, in which he costarred with 30,000 tarantulas; and Incubus, the only film ever made in the language of Esperanto.
It will include his private life, including the complete story of the drowning death of his third wife. It will include stories from three other series, T.J. Hooker, Rescue 911-which saved more than 240 lives-and Boston Legal, as well as his?work on Third Rock from the Sun, for which he won his first Emmy for?playing "the Big Giant Head."
And of course, it will include the story of Star Trek; how it came about and how it affected him-and fans-concluding with the story of a taxi driver who told Shatner he'd been a prisoner in Vietnam and that pretending they were the Star Trek crew kept him and his fellow inmates sane. And yes, it will include his singing and commercials and quiz show hosting and award show hosting and the greatest practical joke ever played, Invasion, Iowa, not to mention the story about Shatner being invited into a cage with Koko the Gorilla-who wanted to take him back to her bedcage.
After almost 60 years, William Shatner has become one of our most beloved entertainers. And as evidenced by Comedy Central's roast, "The Shat Hits the Fan," Shatner gets the joke.?For?the first time, William Shatner?shares with listeners the remarkable, full story of?his life.
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