I wonder what it's like to read a book like this, an actor's memoir, and not have a background in the performing arts. Reading this book has caused me to think a bit about my own perspective. I think anyone that loves the Star Trek franchise, especially Spock, will love this book. He not only starred in a lot of films and plays, he was a great director. They were quite comical and I enjoyed them immensely.

He would have these conversations between him and Spock. The ongoing dialog between Spock and Leonard throughout the book is classic. Finding out all of these little tidbits that you never knew about them. I love reading memoirs about my favorite actors and actresses. Reading about the man who made Spock was very wonderful and just so sad :( It made me very sad to read this book because of the passing of one of my heroes growing up, but it was a great and wonderful book. Life is never the same when we lose family members (including our animals) or people that we admired on tv. I remember getting Spock and Kirk action figures as a child and still have them packed away somewhere in the chaos of my life. I remember me and dad sitting up and watching Star Trek and how much fun we had. Spock wasn't just a tv/movie character to me, he always brought some kind of wisdom and I loved that. You do that when you grow up with someone you love and admire. I know that I loved him so much and I cried my eyes out for a few days after his passing. This book is so wonderful, it tells so many things I never knew about Leonard. Or at least I think it was because suddenly it was available to buy again and I grabbed up my copy.

This book was re-issued not long after Leonard's passing. I am going to update a little on this review since I just read Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man and I feel I need to come back to this book a little.

I am spock by leonard nimoy