Indeed, the book's foreword is written by Mr. Spock himself, in the form of a letter the Vulcan writes to Leonard Nimoy, to express confusion over the highly illogical title.

While the focus of the book is on Nimoy's Star Trek career, he also takes time to explore his other works, including directing and theatre acting.

Memorable stories include his being forced to tell an actress she needed to redo a highly emotional scene because of a crew member's mistake, and how directing Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home led to Hollywood giving him a shot at directing Three Men and a Baby (1987), which went on to be the highest-grossing film in the United States of that year.

[a][b] Anita Gates of The New York Times praised his "pleasant, conversational writing style" and said "his affection for the Spock experience rings very true".

[2] Publishers Weekly wrote: "Nimoy's admirers may find this fairly impersonal memoir disappointing; it touches only tangentially on the author's private life.