Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek

by Walter Koenig

Overview

Originally cast as Ensign Pavel Chekov, Star Trek's answer to the Monkees' Davy Jones, Walter is also well-known as the evil Alfred Bester on Babylon 5. Beaming Up and Getting Off is full of Walter's wry, insightful, and sometimes off-kilter reminiscences of life. It is a chronicle of fan conventions, behind-the-scenes Star Trek experiences, and the fascinating musings of an artist who delights in exploring avenues of interest where no one has gone before.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940184574479
Publisher:	Jacobs Brown Media Group
Publication date:	04/25/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	21 MB
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About the Author

Walter Koenig is an actor, writer, teacher, producer, and now a Jacobs/Brown Press author. You know Walter for playing Chekov on Star Trek, and Alfred Bester in Babylon 5. Besides these continuing roles, Walter has been a familiar face on television for five decades, with roles on prime-time network series such as Gene Roddenberry's The Lieutenant, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Mr. Novak, Ben Casey, Gidget, I Spy, Mannix, Medical Center, The Virginian, Ironside, The Starlost, Diagnosis: Murder, and Columbo (with William Shatner), among many others. His screenwriting credits include Land of the Lost, The Powers of Matthew Star, the 2007 film InAlienable, and Star Trek: The Animated Series. Walter's books include Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1980), Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot (1988), Warped Factors: A Neurotic's Guide to the Universe (1998), the graphic novel Walter Koenig's Things to Come, and Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek (2020). And you can be sure Walter's new book includes stories of a life in Star Trek too!

Editorial Reviews

"Any reader interested in an autobiography well-told that is guaranteed to be entertaining should give this one a try, whether or not you're a fan of sci-fi television. There's so much to the life and times of Walter Koenig and so much surprising wisdom to enjoy."

Bookpleasures.com - Dr. Wes Britton

"Koenig offers a candid, insightful, irreverent, witty, refreshingly honest account of his life."

Jewish Times - N/A