Books like Shatner by William Shatner

A comprehensive exploration of the Star Trek franchise, focusing on the people, effects, and interviews from the creation of the series to its 1979 release.

Captain Kirk leads the Starship Enterprise into a war against the enigmatic alien force known as the Totality, facing betrayal from former allies and battling the Totality’s power of desire and love.

In the course of this book, Shatner gives us a short history of Trek fandom, reveals the thinking behind Paramount's decision to kill off James T. Kirk, briefly explains the origins of the infamous Saturday Night Live sketch that gives the book its title, holds a seminar with the three other starship captains, and even takes lessons on the proper way to imitate Kirk from the master, Kevin Pollak, an actor/comedian. (Among the insights gained: those dramatic pauses in Kirk's speeches were the result of Shatner trying to remember his next line.) And there are plenty of jokes at the expense of Leonard Nimoy, as well as a few skewering Shatner. (The "elephant story" is a classic in itself. Once, when Shatner was on a photo safari in Africa, an elephant did number two on his head. He tells the story at cons, and the fans seem to love it, for some reason.) But the most touching segments of Get a Life! are Shatner's interviews with the fans, particularly those to whom the show and the fan community have given a social and emotional lifeline. Once you've read the conversations with the shy veterinary student who made friends by dressing his cats in Star Trek uniforms, or with a young woman whose severe emotional and sexual trauma had led to the development of multiple personalities that included three healing presences in the form of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, you will never be able to make a Trekkie joke quite so readily again.

James T. Kirk and Jean‑Luc Picard confront a deadly mystery on Bajor, where sabotage and murder threaten a scientific expedition and the safety of a dying child.

Star Trek: A thrilling episode involving a discovered Slaver stasis box in a remote planet.

The actor best known as Captain Kirk on "Star Trek" shares self-deprecating memories from his on- and off-screen experiences while discussing such topics as his larger-than-life celebrity persona, his career longevity, and his views on modern technology.

Kirk, Spock, and the USS Enterprise find themselves caught in a world where telepathic laws threaten to turn their thoughts into crimes.