Up Till Now

The Autobiography

By: William Shatner, David Fisher

Narrated by: William Shatner

Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

After almost 60 years as an actor, William Shatner has become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world. It seems that Shatner is everywhere. Winning an Emmy for his role on Boston Legal. Doing commercials for Priceline.com. In movie theaters. Singing with Ben Folds. He sits next to Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel, and he's practically a regular on Howard Stern's show. And he was recently elected to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. In Up Till Now, Shatner offers listeners the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere.

It was the original Star Trek series, and later its films, that made Shatner instantly recognizable and called by name (or at least by Captain Kirk's name) across the globe. But Shatner neither began nor has ended his career with that role. From the very start, he took his skills as an actor and put them to use wherever he could. He straddled the classic world of the theater and the new world of television, whether stepping in for Christopher Plummer in Shakespeare's Henry V or staring at "something on the wing" in a classic Twilight Zone episode. And since then, he's gone on to star in numerous successful shows, such as T. J. Hooker, Rescue 911, and most recently Boston Legal.

William Shatner has always been willing to take risks for his art. Who else would share the screen with thousands of tarantulas, release an album called Has Been, or film a racially incendiary film in the Deep South during the height of the civil-rights era? And who else would willingly paramotor into a field of waiting fans armed with paintball guns, all waiting for a chance to stun Captain...er, Shatner?

In this touching and very funny autobiography, William Shatner reveals the man behind these unforgettable moments, and explains how he's become the worldwide star and experienced actor he is today.

©2008 William Shatner (P)2008 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"It is now Bill Shatner's universe - we just live in it." ( New York Daily News)

Audio not the greatest

While I love William Shatner and looked forward to listening to his rendition, I find that the audio is so poor that I can not hear half of what he says. We almost entirely listen to our books while traveling in the car and I find the author speaks much to rapidly and varies the volume of his speech to the extent that we cannot overcome the road noise and still enjoy the listen. I would like my money back for this book.

Don't waste your time.

What disappointed you about Up Till Now?

William Shatner is so full of himself.

What could William Shatner and David Fisher have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

not published it

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of William Shatner?

any one else

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Up Till Now?

All of it.

Any additional comments?

Sorry I listened to this book.

Too much Ego and Mumbling

I am a big fan of Shatner. But even I could not get through this book. Shatner mumbles so much, I found myself continually turning up the volume. At first I laughed at his story telling. However, after a while his large ego made him sound boring. This is one to skip.

Needs a professional audiobook reader

The story is actually more interesting that I expected but after one hour I gave up and deleted the book from my ipod. The variation in volume as Shatner reads his own book varied from 'way to loud to inaudible and ultimately drove me away.