kickerdad - , reviewed on 10/5/2012 + 116 more book reviews

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Grandiose? Egocentric? Satirical? Humorous? Shatner Rules by William Shatner has gone where nothing I have ever read has gone before and Im not entirely sure where I went or where I ended up.
Shatner Rules is an unforgiving self-promotion; a rambling collection of musings and experiential accounts from William Shatner aka Captain James T. Kirk and most recently aka Denny Crane. If you are looking for an autobiography, this isnt it, although there are interesting tidbits about Mr. Shatner strewn throughout. It isnt comedic, at least not in the Bill Cosby sort of fashion - more callous, yet measured. After putting the book down and reflecting, searching for a common thread, I realized that the thread is . . . William Shatner and Saying Yes (read the book, youll understand)! Love him or hate him - and apparently there are quite a few - there must be something said about a person whose only paychecks during an 80 lifespan have come from performing. And you thought he couldnt act!
I wouldnt go out of my way to buy Shatner Rules (I found it in a 80% discount bin at the grocery store and bought it because, well , it was by William Shatner!), but it is worth a read if you are a fan. Even if you dont know who William Shatner is (really?), the content is refreshing in a quirky sort of way.

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