I Am Not Spock

I Am Not Spock is a pro book written by Leonard Nimoy.
Some fans criticized this book, believing Nimoy was rejecting the character Spock. In reality, Nimoy maintained he was only clarifying the difference between himself and Spock, a character he enjoyed portraying.
Fans were generally unhappy with the book, feeling that he was dismissing the character, and by extension, them.
It didn't help that Nimoy had been seen recently on television as an ad spokesperson. There is a long LoC from a fan in The Propagator #18 (February 1976) who wrote of her dislike of celebrities hawking products in commercials and was especially angered and horrified by Nimoy's recent "selling out" in an ad for Western Airlines despite the fact that he stated in his book, "I Am Not Spock," that he wouldn't degrade his character for money because "drama is a kind of spiritual crusade."
In 1996, Nimoy published I Am Spock. One of his core objectives of "I Am Spock" was to undo the effects of "I Am Not Spock" and the impression that he was bitter at being typecast.
==Summary from the Book==
==Comments by Nimoy==
On November 12, 1984, Nimoy gave a lecture called "Confessions of a TREK Lover." This book was one topic of that talk. A fan in Epsilon Nine Friendship Messages v.7 n.3 reported: 
==Fanwork Rebuttal==
See ...And I Am Not Leonard Nimoy.
==Reactions and Reviews==
===Responses: Fanart===
File:Enterpriseincidentsus7-11.jpg| from Enterprise Incidents (US) #7 (1979) 
Image:Spock Enslaved.jpg|front cover of the zine Spock Enslaved!, artist is Karen Flanery. Leonard Nimoy commented on this zine cover in his book "I Am Not Spock": " ... The cover of one of these fanzines in particular shows a very well done drawing of Mr. Spock stripped to the waist, his lower portion covered for the most part with a draped toga exposing one bare leg, his hands manacled and a belt from the manacles chaining him to a post. The obvious suggestion is that Mr. Spock in this case is a love slave, much in the same way that women have been used for years in erotic and semi-erotic literature. I suppose in this case, turn about is fair play…" 
Image:kaiidth1-2.jpg|from Kaiidth #1, "Leonard Nimoy says: I am not Spock. But yet, he played the character. True, he spoke others words, moved in response to others directions but, he is Spock. He placed himself as the podium, the soap box, a speaker of human beliefs. Who Spock is or Leonard Nimoy is, is not important. But the ideals of both men, fictional, real, is important. So, when you wonder who : Spock is, think about the beliefs of...love, a full brotherhood, and even to a certain extent.... control; and you may have a fair idea of who he is." -- P.J. Seiler
Image:men10art2.jpg|from Menagerie (August 1976), artist is Doug Rice. "I Am Not Sherlock" is a reference to Leonard Nimoy's autobiography I Am Not Spock. Nimoy also played Sherlock Holmes on stage. See Sherlock Holmes and Star Trek.
Image:belle1-4-1.jpg|illo by Sandy Stone, lettering by Alex Hockstraser from Bellerophon v.1 n.4 (1975)
Image:flip1-9.jpg|from Flip of a Coin #1 (1983), artist is D.C. Wickes
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Category:Star Trek TOS Professional Works‏‎