We were cruising around Amazon tonight and ran across a really good deal on the hardcover version of Nicholas Meyer's "The View From the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood " for $7.70. Many of you remember Nicholas as the director of Star Trek II & VI, our favorites, but he's also responsible for directing "Time After Time", "The Day After", & penning several Hollywood hits. The book chronicles his life focusing on his time in La La Land and his experiences with the crew of the USS Enterprise. We got the chance to read the book last year on our PADD, er Kindle and we highly recommend it.

Check out the Amazon description below.

The View from the Bridge is Nicholas Meyer's enormously entertaining account of his involvement with the Star Trek films: STII: The Wrath of Khan, STIV: The Voyage Home, and STVI: The Undiscovered Country, as well as his illustrious career in the movie business. The man best known for bringing together Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud in The Seven Per-Cent Solution had ironically never been interested in Star Trek until he was brought on board to save the film series.

Meyer shares how he created the script for The Wrath of Khan, the most revered Star Trek film of all, in twelve days-only to have William Shatner proclaim he hated it. He reveals the death threats he received when word got out that Spock would be killed, and finally answers the long-pondered question of whether Khan's chiseled chest is truly that of Ricardo Montalban. Meyer's reminiscences on everyone from Gene Roddenberry to Laurence Olivier will appeal not only to the countless legions of Trekkies, but to anyone fascinated by the inner workings of Hollywood.

You can pick up your copy here , from Amazon.