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Brent Spiner and Gates McFadden Talk in Launch for Spiner’s First Book!

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Published on October 12, 2021

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Brent Spiner's Fan Fiction
Photo: Andy Gotts

Fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation will be excited to learn that Brent Spiner has written his first book, a “fictional autobiography” titled Fan Fiction, which takes a look at the relationship between fandom and celebrity. The launch for this book is happening tonight in a conversation between Spiner and his TNG costar, Gates McFadden.

The trailer features the two actors in candid conversation over encounters with fans, and the perils of being recognized—and going unrecognized as well. The entire conversation will air during the book’s launch tonight with Unison Events.

Here is a description of this unique tome, half memoir, half fictional account:

Set in 1991, just as Star Trek: The Next Generation has rocketed the cast to global fame, the young and impressionable actor Brent Spiner receives a mysterious package and a series of disturbing letters, that take him on a terrifying and bizarre journey that enlists Paramount Security, the LAPD, and even the FBI in putting a stop to the danger that has his life and career hanging in the balance.

Featuring a cast of characters from Patrick Stewart to Levar Burton to Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, to some completely imagined, this is the fictional autobiography that takes readers into the life of Brent Spiner, and tells an amazing tale about the trappings of celebrity and the fear he has carried with him his entire life.

Fan Fiction is a zany love letter to a world in which we all participate, the phenomenon of “Fandom.”

Get your tickets over at Unison Events, and watch this candid conversation at 7pm EST tonight, October 12th. Each ticket includes a copy of the book, with signed and unsigned options available.

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Emmet Asher-Perrin

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Emmet Asher-Perrin is the News & Entertainment Editor of Reactor. Their words can also be perused in tomes like Queers Dig Time Lords, Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Uneven Futures: Strategies for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction. They cannot ride a bike or bend their wrists. You can find them on Bluesky and other social media platforms where they are mostly quiet because they'd rather to you talk face-to-face.
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