by Nancy Bilyeau

From Entertainment Weekly, April 17, 1998 issue

When reading most Star Trek memoirs, you can bet on backstabbing aplenty: This was one ornery group. While Koenig, who played the cocky Ensign Chekov from 1967 to 1969, does come up with some dirt -- William Shatner was a camera hog, Leonard Nimoy was a cold fish -- Trek fans may yearn for more Trek. Koenig devotes considerable chunks of the book to his grim childhood (he grew up in a crumbling $67.50-a-month New York flat) and his pre- and post- Chekov career crises (after Star Trek, "the phone never rang" for years.) Still, Koenig, who's made a comeback as a mind-reading villain on the sci-fi series Babylon 5, recounts his ups and downs with objectivity and wit, making this tale of a struggling actor worthwhile. Grade: B