Author Talk with Adam Nimoy

Join us at The West End Museum for an author talk and conversation with Adam Nimoy, on his new memoir, The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy. The novel explores the complicated relationship Adam shared with his father, the legendary West End-raised Star Trek actor, and the lessons it taught him on fatherhood and recovery.

Trident Booksellers will be onsite to sell copies of The Most Human.

The Most Human

While the tabloids and fan publications portrayed the Nimoys as a “close family,” to his son Adam, Leonard Nimoy was a total stranger.

The actor was as inscrutable as the iconic half-Vulcan science officer he portrayed on Star Trek, even to those close to him. Now, his son’s poignant memoir explores their complicated relationship and how it informed his views on marriage, parenting, and later, sobriety. Despite their differences, both men ventured down parallel paths: marriages leading to divorce, battling addiction, and finding recovery. Most notably, both men struggled to take the ninth step in their AA journey: to make amends with each other.

Discover how the son of Spock learned to navigate this tumultuous relationship—from Shabbat dinners to basement AA meetings—and how he was finally able to reconcile with his father—and with himself.

Author Bio

Adam Nimoy is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Loyola Law School. After seven years in entertainment law, he left to pursue a directing career. Nimoy has directed over forty-five hours of network television, as well as directing the critically acclaimed documentary film about his father, For the Love of Spock (2016), which was an Official Selection at the Tribeca Film Festival. He is the author of the memoir The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy (2024) and has been in 12-step recovery for twenty years. He lives in Los Angeles.