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Grex Scifi Item 124: William Shatner: inflated ego, or just misunderstood?
Entered by cyberpnk on Wed Aug 9 00:21:11 UTC 2000:

Is it me, or is William Shatner getting a bit ridiculous with his Star Trek
novels? I can understand the desire to bring Capt. Kirk back in order to have
him die a death that's a little more heroic, but come on!! So far we learn
that Kirk and Spock are brothers, Kirk is the only one responsible for saving
the galaxy, and now if I understand it right, in the latest novel, Preserver,
Kirk is God! Is it me, or does anyone else see this?

4 responses total.

#1 of 4 by mcnally on Wed Aug 9 00:27:21 2000:

  I've never read any Star Trek novels but that sounds ridiculous enough
  for me to want to pick up a couple of the ones you mention, just for the
  amusement value of watching an author spin out of control.  Who's writing
  them for him, anyway?

#2 of 4 by anderyn on Wed Aug 9 15:01:21 2000:

So how do Kirk and Spock get to be brothers? Was Amanda Greyson (Spock's
mother) married to a Kirk before she married Sarek> Or what> (No, wait, Spock
is older than Kirk. Hmmmm.)

#3 of 4 by tpryan on Wed Aug 9 16:06:05 2000:

        Inflated ego.

#4 of 4 by gsibbery on Fri Aug 31 20:06:17 2001:

He just thinks he has more talent than he really has. He is not a bad actor,
but his creative imagination is a bit feeble. I read one of his Tek War books
. . . Tek Power, I think . . . it wasn't bad, but was nothing to write home
about. As for Spock and Kirk, being brothers . . . give me a break!

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