Shatner Rules: Book Cover Revealed!

Thanks to Amazon, the cover for William Shatner's new book Shatner Rules has finally surfaced!  What do you guys think?  It's cool, but I'm not blown away by it.  I definitely like the image of Shatner wrapping his hands over the Earth, after all it's Shatner's Universe and we're all just living in it.  But the blue & white shading feels weak...it just doesn't pop they way his cover for Up Till Now or even Star Trek Memories do.  Still, I'm super excited to read (and hopefully listen to via Audio Book) this new tome as soon as it hits on October 18th.  

Shatner's Rules: The Full Title Revealed!

SHATNER RULES:  YOUR KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE SHATNERVERSE AND THE WORLD AT LARGE

Discovered after a quick search on Amazon.com, the book is now available for pre-order and will be released on October 18th of this year.  List Price has it at $21.95, but they've got it selling at $14.93.  ISBN: 9780525952510.  And yes, it looks like there's going to be an audiobook as well.  It doesn't list the reader yet, but I'd bet my hide that Shatner will provide vocals once again.

The Shatnerverse is usually a reference to the Trek books written by Shatner, in which he resurrected Kirk via Borg technology after his pathetic demise in Star Trek: Generations.  But I doubt we'll be reading an intricate analysis of Star Trek The Return or the more recent Star Trek Academy books.  I'm guessing The Shatnerverse quoted in the subtitle has more to do with the New York Daily News quote found on Bill's last memoir, "It is now Bill Shatner's Universe-we just live in it."

Yep, October can't get here fast enough.

Our Wonderful Wizard in Oz + The Title of Shatner's New Book Revealed!

            

While in Melbourne, Australia William Shatner sat down with the Courier Mail for a quick, but nifty retrospective interview.  Some highlights include:

"When you think there are shows like The Twilight Zone that I did that were even worse in terms of effects, with a furry little man on a wing, but it still remains in the public domain and is very popular to this day. But were you to look at it through an objective eye, rather than suspension of disbelief, you would see a furry little man on a wing and an actor trying to pretend it's not. So when you suspend that disbelief - and if I have been helpful making the audience do that - and you are into the show and the entertainment then you don't even see the irony."

"One place you won't likely see him is in the sequel to J.J. Abrams' hit reboot of the Star Trek movie franchise.  His old friend Leonard Nimoy played a key role as Spock in the last one, leaving Shatner a little miffed to be overlooked.  While he is certainly up for it, he has made it clear he's not really interested in a Captain Kirk cameo. `I would be so interested in doing it, especially with that wonderful director J.J. Abrams, but I don't see how it's possible and maybe we all have gone beyond that. But I have shot a wonderful documentary where I talk to all the captains of Star Trek and try to find a common denominator and in the meantime have some fun talking to them about them and their lives.'''

Also, hidden within the article we finally learn the title of Shatner's new book...Shatner's Rules!  Very cool.  Gives us some idea of what to expect.  Maybe something like Bill Maher's New Rules but with a little more of that "I CAN'T GET BEHIND THAT!!!" Shatner enthusiasm.