Do you have Nimoy's books?

[subatoi]

Many sites mentions that Nimoy was a vegetarian like Spock was, but I saw no reference. Maybe there was something mentioned on the books he wrote?
Anyone knows about this?

Thanks! \\//_

 

[Grant]

As a 12 year old huge fan of Star trek in the early 70s, I really, really wanted a book called--"I am not Spock"

 

[bbailey861]

I have his books but don't recall anything on vegetarianism.

 

[Smellincoffee]

I own I Am Spock, but the predecessor (I am Not) costs too much on Amazon or ebay, so I've never tried to collect it. My library used to have one of his poetry collections, one of love poetry, but it's since walked. I've read his autobiography numerous times; it's pretty much my main source for ST history up to ST:TUC.

 

[Amaris]

I have his photography book Shekhina, and want his Full Body Project photo book, but the prices on Amazon are soaring, so I'll have to wait.

 

[alinktomyheart]

I have the best thing of all: a copy of I Am Spock signed by Leonard Nimoy. And I would love to find a copy of I Am Not Spock somewhere, if only for comparing purposes.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I have a paperback copy of I Am Not Spock that I bought used years ago, but I've never actually read it from cover to cover. I'll look through it and see if I can find any references to Nimoy being a vegetarian. I've never heard that he was, though.

 

[Amaris]

According to Memory Alpha (all things canon regarding Trek), Nimoy was vegetarian:

Leonard Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, just four days after his Star Trek co-star William Shatner. Like Shatner, he was of Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry (his family name means "person who cannot speak" in Russian) and, like his character of Spock, Nimoy was a vegetarian.

You can see the whole page here: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy

 

[subatoi]

According to Memory Alpha (all things canon regarding Trek), Nimoy was vegetarian

I saw this. Many sites also mention this "fact", but none of them tell anything more than that, no reference. And Memory Alpha are great but not flawless


In the meantime I wrote www.shopllap.com and received an answer that he wasn't. Don't beleve everything you read online :/

 

[BeatleJWOL]

I Am Spock is an excellent book; I believe there may be some mention of vegetarianism when Nimoy writes about visiting distant relatives in Russia, but I can't access the book at the moment.

 

[feek61]

I read both "I am not Spock" and "I am Spock" but don't recall about the vegetarianism. I read them one after the other and much of the same material was in the second book.

 

[Balok's Head]

Happen to be reading I AM Spock at the moment, haven't come across anything about this yet..

 

[Timewalker]

I own and have read I Am Not Spock. I bought it when it was brand new.

 

[RandyS]

I have I Am Spock. I'd like to get I Am Not Spock, but as another poster said, Amazon wants too much for it right now.

I'd also like to get the third book in the "Leonard Nimoy Cycle", I Am Also Scotty, but, unfortunately, that only exists in The Simpsons universe.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I've been skimming I Am Spock over the last couple days, and I've found nothing about vegetarianism in it. I think we can chalk this one up to a fan rumor.

 

[EnriqueH]

I have both books and read them both in the last year, but don't recall vegetarianism.

 

[subatoi]

I have both books and read them both in the last year, but don't recall vegetarianism.

So, again, the internet is wrong. Sombody please fix Memoy-Alpha.

 

[BeatleJWOL]

No mention on Wikipedia either.

It's in some of the novels that Vulcans do not eat meat; maybe that's where it came from.

 

[WillsBabe]

I have the best thing of all: a copy of I Am Spock signed by Leonard Nimoy.

Me, too. A kind friend bought it for me. I don't recall anything about him being a vegetarian, but it is years since I read it.

 

[Amaris]

Regarding Nimoy's vegetarianism, it's not just Memory Alpha. There are sites that have been around for more than a decade that speak of Nimoy being vegetarian, he's also listed by PeTA as being vegetarian (who had him on their 2008 Sexiest Vegetarians Alive list, also by the International Vegetarian Union, and he's listed on the site Jewish Vegetarians of North America.

So there must be something to it somewhere.