charliechaplinfan wrote:I once read one of his boolks, name dropping, ego mania but I couldn't help but really like him, which wasn't what his colleagues on Star Trek thought about him. Much of the book (it was a long time ago) was how he didn't understand why they didn't really like him.
Yes, he says essentially the same in this one, only he does admit that he may have been a bit overbearing with his colleagues. I took my daughter to a Star Trek convention when she was younger, and we saw Nichelle Nichols, who, when asked about Shatner, damned him with some very faint praise and left-handed compliments. It was very skillfully done, and I got the impression that the diehard fans didn't even notice the implied slam.
This book maintains a nice sense of humor, which signals to the reader that the content is to be taken with a grain of salt, but still he wouldn't mind it at all if you admired him as well. And yes, he is charming, even in print.