TOS K/S Masterpost: Non Fiction

The following is an excerpt from TOS Kirk/Spock Masterpost by @princenimoy, shared with permission and eternal gratitude!

Photo manip by @shadows-and-flames, original post here. 

Non Fiction

Outtakes, Interviews, and Appearances

There are so many, but these are the ones that stand out in my mind.

• TOS Outtakes. 6:49 is the most important thing on the internet.
• “Billy Blackburn’s Rare Home Movies.” This is not the reel in its entirety, but it’s nice to have something on YT. Fun fact: Blackburn was DeForest Kelley’s stand-in.
• William Shatner on The Motion Picture Full Interview. See 18:45 for the t’hy’la confrontation. 
• Star Trek IV Outtakes a/k/a “Get your hand off my leg”
• Western Airlines Commercial promoting Star Trek IV (TDG addition: shorter version and this Tumblr post)
• Leonard and De promote Star Trek IV at a convention, discuss dirty K/S zines, and wind up reading fanfiction on stage Part I Part II Part III 
• William Shatner on the opening scenes of Star Trek V (if you make fun of this, I will be disappointed in you)
• The Bike Story
• Access Hollywood Interview a/k/a “When Are You Going to Take Nude Photos of Me?” Nimoy and Shatner interview each other and flirt for some reason.

Books and Biographies

Also, see this incomplete list of Star Trek fiction and nonfiction across the entire franchise.  If not linked, check your local library; many of these titles are available in my town. If not in your town, don’t give up. Ask your librarian if you can request a book outside of your state or region.

• Star Trek Lives! (1975) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Sondra Marshak, and Joan Winston (a/k/a the Holy Trinity). An incredible book about the fandom’s early years. (See also: Star Trek Lives! article on FanLore)
• Star Trek Lives! 2 (1976) by James Blish
• I Am Not Spock (1975) by Leonard Nimoy. Insightful autobiography about Nimoy’s career up to, during, and post-Star Trek.
• The Making of the Trek Conventions: Or, How to Throw a Party for 12,000 of Your Most Intimate Friends by Joan Winston (See also: Joan Winston article on FanLore)
• Shatner: Where No Man…: The Authorized Biography of William Shatner (1979)  by Myrna Culbreath, Sondra Marshak, (fannish authors of The Price of the Phoenix, etc.) and William Shatner himself
• Star Trek Memories (1993) by William Shatner. An essential read. Many treasured anecdotes from the cast and crew.
• Star Trek Movie Memories (1993) by William Shatner
• I Am Spock (1995) by Leonard Nimoy. The updated version of I Am Not Spock. Expands on the information in the first autobiography with an emotionally experienced perspective. Also available in an audiobook adaptation read by Nimoy.
• Boldly Writing: A Trekker Fan and Zine History, 1967-1987 (1996) by Joan Marie Verba
• Get a Life! (1999) by William Shatner. See documentary of the same name.
• Up Till Now (2008) by William Shatner. Shatner’s very moving autobiography.
• Shatner Rules (2011) by William Shatner, in which he briefly touches on K/S.
• Leonard: My Fifty Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man (2016) by William Shatner. Repetitive if you’ve read these other biographies, but Bill’s heart is broken and you need to read this book.

Documentaries and Specials

To view the full list of Star Trek documentaries across the Star Trek franchise, click here.

• Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1983). Familiar anecdotes. A good option if you’re too busy to read I Am Spock.
• William Shatner’s Star Trek Memories (1995). Includes interviews from TOS cast and crew members and video clips. Great to watch, but highly recommend the much richer and expansive book Star Trek Memories by William Shatner.
• MIND MELD Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime (2001). Heart-to-heart with Bill and Leonard. Let this be the one you watch.
• The Captains (2011). Bill interviews every starship captain in the franchise, including Chris Pine, and gets sentimental, making peace with Kirk by the end.
• Get a Life! (2012). The title is a reference to Shatner’s SNL skit in which he once mocked Star Trek fans. He spends this documentary exploring and appreciating the fandom. (TDG note: linked to Amazon Prime Video, premium subscription required, rent or buy)
• For the Love of Spock (2016). A documentary by Nimoy’s son Adam. The tension between Adam and his father is uncomfortable but the documentary itself is insightful. K/S is also touched on. (TDG note: linked to Netflix, subscription required)

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