In his second autobiography, Nimoy explains that the title of the first book had been his idea, over the objections of his publishers. He had not anticipated the problem of people reading the title without reading the book. In reality, his feelings toward Spock had not changed at all in the intervening years. On the contrary, Nimoy explains in this book that Spock has always been a part of him. This duality is explored and taken to extremes throughout the book. 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. Throughout the book, Nimoy frequently has conversations with his other half, as he explores the choices and decisions he has made throughout his life, and how those choices have been affected by a certain calm logical voice in the back of his mind. 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. He also mentions his work producing and directing the
UPN television series
Deadly Games. On the topic of Spock's future, Nimoy notes that the
Star Trek franchise shows no sign of dying, and that as far as he is concerned, Spock is still alive and well working on Romulus. ==Reception==