Star Trek Memories - Hardcover

9780060177348: Star Trek Memories
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
Encompassing plot summaries of all seventy-nine TV episodes and the six hit films, "Captain Kirk" shares his reminiscences about the making of Star Trek, a history of the show as a cultural phenomenon, and behind-the-scenes antics. 300,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. Tour.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

William Shatner's career as an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, recording artist, author, and horseman has spanned more than fifty years. One of pop culture's most recognizable figures, he is also a major Hollywood philanthropist. Shatner and his wife and three married children live in Los Angeles.

Chris Kreski was a writer and consultant for MTV and a head writer of The Daily Show. He cowrote Star Trek Memories and Star Trek Movie Memories, as well as several other books with William Shatner.

From Kirkus Reviews:
Finally, the Captain's Log that a zillion Trekkers have been waiting for. This isn't an omnibus Star Trek history. Shatner (a.k.a. Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise) and Kreski (editorial director of MTV) stick to Stardate mid-1960's and the original TV series, skipping both the Star Trek movies (presumably the subject of a future Shatner memoir) and the multiple series spinoffs. No matter; what remains is a fascinating account of network TV in its post-Beaver, pre-Bunker teenage years. Shatner works against his reputation for hogging the limelight (which he confronts head-on in the final chapter) by remaining off-camera for the first quarter of the text while recounting Gene Roddenberry's early Hollywood career and the making of the pilot, the ``absolutely, incontrovertibly brilliant'' The Cage. Tidbits tumble forth: at first Roddenberry envisioned a Captain Robert April at the helm of the USS Yorktown, with a half-Martian ``satanic'' Mr. Spock at his side. As the high concept took flesh, a fight arose among studio executives over Spock: How important should he be? What should his ears look like?-- questions that attained even greater importance when, to everyone's bewilderment, the mind-melding Vulcan bested Kirk as the focus of the Trekker cult. Soon the rest of the cast signed on, along with ace producer Gene Coon, whom Shatner praises to the detriment of icon Roddenberry: ``Roddenberry created Star Trek, and Coon made it fly.'' Shatner's favorite program (``The Devil in the Dark''), Leonard Nimoy's clashes with management, why laser-guns became ``phasers'': there's enough here to satiate the most avid Trekker, delivered with pop and pizazz. After just three years, a tired cast called it quits, or so they thought. Today, Star Trek prospers, and so will this memoir- -most probably at warp speed. (``Over 130 never-before-seen photographs''--not seen) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherHarperCollins
  • Publication date1993
  • ISBN 10 0060177349
  • ISBN 13 9780060177348
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages306
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780060177577: Star Trek Memories-12 Copy Dump

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780060177577
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993
Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Shatner, William; Kreski, Chris
Published by HarperCollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GridFreed
(North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.)

Book Description hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 100-22731

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 13.95
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 5.45
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shatner, William; Kreski, Chris
Published by HarperCollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Books Unplugged
(Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0060177349xvz189zvxnew

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 20.62
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shatner, William; Kreski, Chris
Published by HarperCollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Book Deals
(Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0060177349-new

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 20.62
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

William Shatner, Chris Kreski
Published by Harpercollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Ergodebooks
(Houston, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # DADAX0060177349

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 20.63
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shatner, William
Published by HarperCollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0060177349

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 23.07
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shatner, William
Published by Harpercollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
LibraryMercantile
(Humble, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # newMercantile_0060177349

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 24.84
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shatner, William
Published by HarperCollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0060177349

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 28.06
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shatner, William
Published by Harpercollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0060177349

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 30.45
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.30
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shatner, William / Kreski, Chris
Published by HarperCollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover First Edition Quantity: 1
Seller:
Carol's Cache
(Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 4th printing. Jacket protected in acid-free clear plastic cover. 306 pages of great reading. While many books have attempted to tell the real, behind-the-scenes Trek story, the tale can best be told through the voice and privileged perspective of a man who actually lived through it all. Seller Inventory # 000996

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 48.00
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Shatner, William; Kreski, Chris
Published by HarperCollins (1993)
ISBN 10: 0060177349 ISBN 13: 9780060177348
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0060177349

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 52.10
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book