BOOK REVIEW

Starfleet’s Greatest Captain

The Autobiography of James T. Kirk by David A. Goodman

In early 2015, the title of an upcoming book immediately grabbed my attention: The Autobiography of Captain James T. Kirk. Contemplating the possibilities inherent with such a title made me smile. So I noted the release date and thought one day I’d go ahead and order it. Maybe when it came out in paperback. Maybe.

Then I pretty much forgot all about it. After all, I’ve read considerably more Trek non-fiction than Trek novels over the years. Like Scotty, I love curling up with a good technical journal. Or a biography or two.

Then, in early 2016, a friend mentioned to me on Twitter that he was enjoying the book. A few days later, quite by accident, I saw a tweet from the book’s author, David A. Goodman, noting that the Kindle version was on sale for 99 cents.

Sold.

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I soon dove in and was immediately hooked. The Autobiography of Captain James T. Kirk reads like the memoir it purports to be while, of course, being complete fiction. It weaves in and out and around a lot of familiar stories while also adding new elements of its own…