That would be a better title than the one on the upcoming autobiography. And would Kirk really title his book, "The Story of the Greatest Captain."
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That would be a better title than the one on the upcoming autobiography. And would Kirk really title his book, "The Story of the Greatest Captain."
Yes, Imzadi indicates that that's the title of Kirk's autobiography.
Let's say it's a third revised edition. First edition (Risk Is Our Business) comes out between TMP and TWOK, after the 2nd FYM. Second edition comes out during the Enterprise-A's FYM when everybody wants the scoop on Genesis, David and the Whaleprobe incident. Third edition (with the unimaginative new title) brings us up to just before GEN, with Scott or Chekov (or, preferably, McCoy) providing the postmortem afterword. So, copyright 2294/95.
Titled by the publishers with an eye on sales.
It's a fictional "autobiography", written from the point of view of a fictional character.
Although it is a bit of a missed opportunity not to get Shatner to write an autobiography of Kirk. Then again, the Shatnerverse novels are all over the place as far as quality goes.
The Chief of Starfleet operations has time to dictate a book? No wonder he was bored.
I'd see it more as a continuation of his efforts (as in TMP novelization) to set the record straight after that hack Gene Roddenberry made him "a modern Ulysses." (Though given the changed title, it seems the fictional 23rd century publisher has other ideas.)
I'm another person who finds the idea interesting, but would have rather seen it come from one of the Pocket authors. I'll wait to see what kind of a reaction it gets, and whether or not comes out in digital formats. Federation: The First 150 Years never has, so I question whether or not this one will.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS.
It'll be fun if they go all out on making it seem like a proper celebrity memoir, with events told from Kirk's biased perspective rather than just straight up episode synopses in the first person (as Christopher says, a focus on the stuff off-screen would be nice as well).
The handful of pages of pictures you usually find stuck in the middle of such books would really sell the idea as well (not just Shatner either, have a promo pic of the kid from the '09 film as young Kirk).
The handful of pages of pictures you usually find stuck in the middle of such books would really sell the idea as well (not just Shatner either, have a promo pic of the kid from the '09 film as young Kirk).
To put it another way, here's hoping that this is being approached as an inventive writing project and that a fair amount of thought is being put into the idea. I'd be interested in seeing how a genuinely well-conceived in-universe account would work; let us read between the lines and speculate on omissions or inaccuracies based on our existing knowledge, rather than feeding back what we know.
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