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Up Till Now: The Autobiography




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William Shatner Book:
Up Till Now: The Autobiography



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Up Till Now: The Autobiography
Up Till Now: The Autobiography
List Price: $29.95Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Salesrank: 50371

Released: May 13, 2008
Our Price: $14.55
Used Price: $10.00
Media: Audio CD

Editorial Review:

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.

Up Till Now: The Autobiography Reviews:
Entertaining for fans but far too much self-congratulation 4 Star Review
2008-09-22 - William Shatner - or Shatner as he continually refers to himself - had the good fortune to be in the most successful TV series of all time, otherwise he would be long forgotten. Nevertheless he turns in an entertaining autobiography. The first thing that you learn about him is that he will do anything for a buck. Secondly that he has no concept of quality control - to him a Shakespearean play, a TV commercial, or a lurid movie are all pretty much on the same level. Thirdly, he has a rather high opinion of his own (limited) creative abilities - one can easily see why his Star Trek co-stars grew to despise him. Now that he has found success in "Boston Legal" he can even look back and find merit in such atrocities as "The Transformed Man". One thing you cannot accuse him of is being lazy. Even now is his 70s he is working hard, nor can you doubt his irrepressible self-belief. Well worth reading for fans but the self-congratulation does grate after a while.

Funny man, great actor 5 Star Review
2008-09-11 - Enjoyed tthe book immensely. Shatner is super star who has not receivved the recognition he justly deserves.

Beam it up 5 Star Review
2008-09-11 - You will laugh
You will cry
You will go to his website and buy things.

Seriously, this is an excellent well written read.

Audio Book 4 Star Review
2008-09-05 - Just started listening to the audio book, Shatner does not have a "voice for radio". He surely had a booming voice for all the stage work he talks about, but this recording's varying volume is almost unbearable in a vehicle. He's fine on short sentences, but when the volume starts falling he gets far too quiet for an audio book to me. Otherwise it's pretty entertaining so far.

William Shatner 4 Star Review
2008-09-02 - Even if you're not a total Star Trek fan this is a pretty good book.He has some great stories to tell. Shatner has been in show business for 5 decades yet he doesn't take himself that seriously. His self deprecating style is refreshing and very amusing.


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