07-12-2013, 02:36 PM | #1 |
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William Shakespeare's Star Wars
I was trolling through the Kobo store and had to do a double take when I saw this:
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Willi...PlFQ4-W0Qg&r=1 Seriously? Star Wars rewritten in iambic pentameter? I saw that it was eligible for a promo code, and found a 50% off in the ol' Kobo Discounts Thread, so I thought five bucks was worth it just to see. I was very, very pleasantly surprised! I love Shakespeare, and I'm a huge Star Wars geek, and boy, did this book just "work". It's brilliantly written, and seriously worth a look if you love either the Bard, or classic Star Wars or both. (Especially both!) With such gems as: "LUKE: Nay, thou art sure misled, O wise one, for My father hath not fought in any wars. Full many evenings as I lay abed Such tales I heard of him I never knew: A navigator on a freighter ship Which carried fragrant spices hence to yon My father was. He kneweth naught of wars." and : "TROOPER 4: Pray, show me now thy papers. OBI-WAN: Nay, thou dost Not need to see his papers. TROOPER 4: Nay, we do Not need to see his papers. OBI-WAN: True it is, That these are not the droids for which thou search’st. TROOPER 3: Aye, these are not the droids for which we search. OBI-WAN: And now, the lad may go his merry way. TROOPER 3: Good lad, I prithee, go thy merry way! OBI-WAN: Now get thee hence. TROOPER 4: Now get thee hence, go hence!" I read the whole thing last night and laughed out loud often. Definitely worth a couple bucks. -AC |
07-12-2013, 06:50 PM | #2 |
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Thank you so much for posting this! I bought it too!
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07-12-2013, 08:10 PM | #3 |
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I didn't see either LucasBook, OR Disney, anywhere in the info. Is Quirk Publishing a subsidiary of them? I just don't get how it is legal otherwise.
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07-12-2013, 08:24 PM | #4 |
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It's been being promoted by many reputable news sources for quite some time now--in anticipation of its release. I have no idea WHO granted permission, but it seems pretty clear that it's on the up-and-up.
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07-12-2013, 08:56 PM | #5 |
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they appear to be affiliated with RAndom house somehow, at least according to Wikipedia. But I couldn't find a straight answer on their own website.
Still doesn't answer my question though. I guess I keep searching. Edit: The book IS on the Random House website, as well as the Quirk Publishing site. I wish these incestuous publishing houses were a little more separate... Last edited by Ravensknight; 07-12-2013 at 09:01 PM. |
07-13-2013, 01:04 PM | #6 |
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Hail and well met, I thankest thee for a good laugh.
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07-15-2013, 10:56 AM | #8 |
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I love this! Purchased!
Hope he does the other two of the original trilogy |
07-15-2013, 11:25 PM | #9 |
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I've got the dead-tree version, and the copyright page clearly states that the copyright is held by Lucasfilm Ltd., not by the "author." There's also a "Lucas Books" logo on the back cover. I don't normally buy Star Wars stuff, so I have no idea if the current crop of Anderson, Zahn, etc. books are also "Lucas Books."
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07-16-2013, 05:13 AM | #10 |
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@AlbertaCowboy,
I just bought it too! Thanks for the rec |
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