Spoilers The Autobiography of James T. Kirk - announcement and reviews
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To be honest, I haven't been keeping up with most of the litverse beyond Vanguard/Seekers/TS the last five years or so. That being said, I think the book does a good job of being in line with TOS, the movies and Goodman's Federation history. If you liked his interpretation in the first book, you'll probably like this one too.
To be honest, I haven't been keeping up with most of the litverse beyond Vanguard/Seekers/TS the last five years or so. That being said, I think the book does a good job of being in line with TOS, the movies and Goodman's Federation history. If you liked his interpretation in the first book, you'll probably like this one too.
Thanks Mysterion!
David, just popped into this thread to say I enjoyed your appearance at San Diego Comic Con with William Shatner. I was able to pick up the book as well and have it signed by the man.
How meta to have the actor who played Kirk sign an autobiography of the character he played. Check it out:
Next time, I need to get your signature on the book to go with Shatner's!
I greatly enjoyed the book and how you created a theme/thread throughout Kirk's life. Also, we have a mutual acquaintance — Ron Rubio — who worked with you once. He had some very nice things to say about working with you.
How meta to have the actor who played Kirk sign an autobiography of the character he played. Check it out:
Next time, I need to get your signature on the book to go with Shatner's!
I greatly enjoyed the book and how you created a theme/thread throughout Kirk's life. Also, we have a mutual acquaintance — Ron Rubio — who worked with you once. He had some very nice things to say about working with you.
David, just popped into this thread to say I enjoyed your appearance at San Diego Comic Con with William Shatner. I was able to pick up the book as well and have it signed by the man.
How meta to have the actor who played Kirk sign an autobiography of the character he played. Check it out:
Next time, I need to get your signature on the book to go with Shatner's!
I greatly enjoyed the book and how you created a theme/thread throughout Kirk's life. Also, we have a mutual acquaintance — Ron Rubio — who worked with you once. He had some very nice things to say about working with you.
Thanks Ryan! Being on stage with Shatner was maybe the greatest moment of my career. I'm glad you enjoyed the book! and Ron is a great guy, very talented!
David, just popped into this thread to say I enjoyed your appearance at San Diego Comic Con with William Shatner. I was able to pick up the book as well and have it signed by the man.
How meta to have the actor who played Kirk sign an autobiography of the character he played. Check it out:
Next time, I need to get your signature on the book to go with Shatner's!
I greatly enjoyed the book and how you created a theme/thread throughout Kirk's life. Also, we have a mutual acquaintance — Ron Rubio — who worked with you once. He had some very nice things to say about working with you.
Thanks Ryan! Being on stage with Shatner was maybe the greatest moment of my career. I'm glad you enjoyed the book! and Ron is a great guy, very talented!
Ron is! We've been friends since elementary school and he's been drawing ever since.
And you're also very talented, I've enjoyed a lot of things you've written in the past. Here's hoping that you get to write more Trek down the line!
Just started reading it. For a start, Kirk's early years and relationship with George Samuel Kirk, Sr. are different. Unlike in "Final Frontier", George Kirk resigns his commission when Jim is born and is a stay-at-home dad to Jim and Sam while it's Winona who goes to work on Tarsus IV.
Not a dealbreaker at all, and I'm still enjoying the read, but of course I'd have liked more consistency with the LitVerse. Ah well.
^Well, Final Frontier is part of the '80s continuity, and doesn't fit the modern continuity at all. It's based on the Spaceflight Chronology calendar scheme, putting TOS about 60 years early. And it's totally incompatible with Enterprise, since it gives Robert April's Enterprise credit for things that NX-01 now has credit for, like being the first starship capable of high sustained warp, the first starship equipped with transporters, etc. (Indeed, it makes the rather extravagant claim that NCC-1701 is the first spacecraft to be called a "starship" at all, ever.)
When we talk about the "LitVerse," we're generally referring to the current book continuity that's consistent within itself and with the screen canon, not to older books like Final Frontier that have been superseded by canon.
When we talk about the "LitVerse," we're generally referring to the current book continuity that's consistent within itself and with the screen canon, not to older books like Final Frontier that have been superseded by canon.
I can say that if it does line up with the current litverse its probably coincidental. I'm unfortunately not up to date on the current book continuity. I was much more focused on lining it up with the tv series and prime movies. I know that's going to lose me some readers on this thread, but I'd rather that than have people buy it and then be disappointed.
I'm not sure the current novelverse really establishes that much about Kirk's life that isn't already established onscreen. It tends to be more heavily focused on the 24th century, aside from things like Vanguard and Seekers (focusing on other crews and events parallel to TOS) and the post-Enterprise stuff.
Still, better safe than sorry!
You're most welcome, Sir. BTW, loved how you addressed the events of Star Trek V. Literally laughed out loud.
So what's next?
Thanks! I'm particularly proud of that.
I have already finished the book (downloaded it this morning from Amazon for my PC's Kindle app), and it was great! A very engaging read.
I was going to get the Kindle version, but this is something I'd like to have in hard copy. Plus, it was only a dollar more.
My copy will be here tomorrow.
I can't wait to get this. Was excited for it right from the announcement and plan on getting it in a couple weeks!
Thanks! It's risky to ask, but was there anything you didn't like?
Like I said, continuity issues aren't a dealbreaker for me at all. I'm halfway through the Kindle version and the hardcover is on its way to sit on my shelf in my collection of fictional biographies - next to James Bond, Doc Savage, Tarzan, Hornblower, Sherlock Holmes and Jeeves...
No reason they should be. Trek tie-ins have historically been all over the map continuity-wise, consistent with the shows (ideally) but infrequently with one another. When continuity has existed, it's usually been strictly within a single series (book, comic, or game). Cross-continuity between works from different publishers has happened on occasion, but it's always been rare.
So continuity between this book and the novels would've been a nice bonus, but it's hardly mandatory.
There's also Harriman's line in Star Trek Generations where he said he read about Kirk's mission in grade school.
Saving Earth from V'Ger definitely would have made him famous and saving Earth again from the Probe years later would have reinforced that.
Anyway, I just got the book today. I've only had time to skim through it as I'm in the middle of reading two other books. But I love what I've read and look forward to starting it sometime in the next month or so.
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