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Up Till Now (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) | 
| Authors: William Shatner, David Fisher
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 692340
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Lrg
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 581
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 1410408698
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028092
EAN: 9781410408693
ASIN: 1410408698
Publication Date: August 6, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 Need a laugh? August 15, 2008
I first became a fan of William Shatner when I heard him on Howard Stern. I like his attitude about life. He works hard to live life to the fullest. Through the book you can enjoy his adventures. Mr. Shatner lives up to the motto on Star Trek: "Live Long and Prosper."
If you like the picture of the William Shatner on the cover of the book you probably will enjoy the book. It reflects the tone of the book. His expression is dumbfounded, (like life sometimes) and amusing.
I enjoyed learning about his childhood. It is always interesting to see how parents influence a person. Mr. Shatner grew up in the beautiful city of Montreal.
I like the story about his appearance at a Star Trek Convention. Mr. Shatner encouraged his audience to live life in the present moment. He told his audience "it is just a TV show." In other words quit "wasting your time."
There are a few bits of advice in his book, which I like as well. But the book is not too advicey. (I made up that word.)
For instance I like his advice on page 283. "When you show up on a set nobody is interested in your problems at home. They're dealing with their own issues." Work is not a good place to air your problems.
I enjoyed the story about the people in Iowa, because I know a lot of wonderful people from there. As William Shatner discovered the people in Riverside, Iowa, population 982, were the nicest people that he had ever met. They bent over back wards to help him on his silly film, Invasion Iowa.
The book touches on the tragic death of his wife. He married her to rescue her, but she failed to stop her drinking. The relationship with his current wife is also touched on.
I enjoyed seeing him on Boston Legal. His acting on that show is superb. His character on that show, Denny Crane, seems true to his real personality. His stories about that show are amusing as well.
The book dragged a bit so I am giving it four stars instead of five, but there were humorous stories throughout the book, which I enjoyed. It was light reading, and good for a laugh.
 A fun book August 14, 2008
This is a fun book where Shatner pokes fun at himself, compliments people whom he finds talented and critisizes people whom he finds flawed. I thought this was a very evenly flowed written book, one of which I had a low expectation for but made me laugh with comments I did not expect. A good read.
 Lots of ramblin August 7, 2008
Fun book..but wow..so much rambling.
He goes from one thought to another..then another...lots of free flowing rambling...sometimes u can lose interest.
Like we when talk to someone..and they do lots of "spiraling" a lot in their conversations.....
Very funny August 4, 2008
This si a very funnily-written book by an actor who has had a long career behind him. While he is of course most knwon for his part as James Kirk In Star Trek, the book does not dwell too long on that which is both fortunate and unfortunate. He does however do a hilarious recount of all the available Star Trek merchandise on over one page. Indeed, it is that part which made him what he is. However the rest of his life is also very interesting from his struggling days up to Boston Legal. What is more interesting is of course his recounts of the more recent Boston Legal times. He shows himself to have a great sense of humor about everything and above all about himself and this makes the bok a great read. There are alsosome episodes from the very bad TJ Hooer series which also make the book worth the buy.
Terrific Story, Well Read! July 29, 2008
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Mr. Shatner has written a gem, and his reading is top flight! Wonderful sense of humor.
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