From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars) by Meg Cabot (English) Hardcover Book

Description: From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars) by Meg Cabot, Renée Ahdieh, Pierce Brown, Nnedi Okorafor, Sabaa Tahir "40 stories celebrating 40 years of Star Wars"--Dust jacket. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A one-of-a-kind Star Wars experience that sheds new light on the original film. On May 25, 1977, the world was introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more than forty contributors lend their vision to this retelling of Star Wars. Each of the forty short stories reimagines a moment from the original film, but through the eyes of a supporting character. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors, trendsetting artists, and treasured voices from the literary history of Star Wars: • Gary Whitta bridges the gap from Rogue One to A New Hope through the eyes of Captain Antilles. • Aunt Beru finds her voice in an intimate character study by Meg Cabot. • Nnedi Okorofor brings dignity and depth to a most unlikely character: the monster in the trash compactor. • Pablo Hidalgo provides a chilling glimpse inside the mind of Grand Moff Tarkin. • Pierce Brown chronicles Biggs Darklighters final flight during the Rebellions harrowing attack on the Death Star. • Wil Wheaton spins a poignant tale of the rebels left behind on Yavin. Plus thirty-four more hilarious, heartbreaking, and astonishing tales from: Ben Acker • Renée Ahdieh • Tom Angleberger • Ben Blacker • Jeffrey Brown • Rae Carson • Adam Christopher • Zoraida Córdova • Delilah S. Dawson • Kelly Sue DeConnick • Paul Dini • Ian Doescher • Ashley Eckstein • Matt Fraction • Alexander Freed • Jason Fry • Kieron Gillen • Christie Golden • Claudia Gray • E. K. Johnston • Paul S. Kemp • Mur Lafferty • Ken Liu • Griffin McElroy • John Jackson Miller • Daniel José Older • Mallory Ortberg • Beth Revis • Madeleine Roux • Greg Rucka • Gary D. Schmidt • Cavan Scott • Charles Soule • Sabaa Tahir • Elizabeth Wein • Glen Weldon • Chuck WendigAll participating authors have generously forgone any compensation for their stories. Instead, their proceeds will be donated to First Book—a leading nonprofit that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to educators and organizations serving children in need. To further celebrate the launch of this book and both companies longstanding relationships with First Book, Penguin Random House has donated $100,000 to First Book, and Disney/Lucasfilm has donated 100,000 childrens books—valued at $1,000,000—to support First Book and their mission of providing equal access to quality education. Over the past sixteen years, Disney and Penguin Random House combined have donated more than eighty-eight million books to First Book. Review "The Mashup Youve Been Looking For."—Tordotcom "The biggest joy of this collection is turning the page to a new story and realizing which character theyll be jumping to next."—New York Daily News "An entertaining, multi-faceted way to revisit that galaxy far, far away."—Financial Times "The stories are humorous, heartbreaking, and downright wacky. If you have a favorite Star Wars character, forget them. Youre going to have forty new favorite characters after reading this."—Comicsverse "An impressive, and highly entertaining, short story compilation."—Cinelinx Review Quote "The Mashup Youve Been Looking For." --Tordotcom "The biggest joy of this collection is turning the page to a new story and realizing which character theyll be jumping to next." -- New York Daily News "An entertaining, multi-faceted way to revisit that galaxy far, far away." -- Financial Times "The stories are humorous, heartbreaking, and downright wacky. If you have a favorite Star Wars character, forget them. Youre going to have forty new favorite characters after reading this." --Comicsverse "An impressive, and highly entertaining, short story compilation." --Cinelinx Excerpt from Book MASTER AND APPRENTICE Claudia Gray Some believe the desert to be barren. This proves only that they do not know the desert. Deep within the dunes dwell small insects that weave nets to trap one another, and burrowing snakes with scales the color of stones so that no hunter can find them. Seeds and spores from long-dead plants lie dormant in the warmth, waiting for the rainfall that comes once a year, or decade, or century, when they will burst into verdant life as brief as it is glorious. The heat of the suns sinks into the grains of sand until they glow, containing all the energy and possibility to become glass the color of jewels. All of these sing individual notes in the one great song of the Whills. No place is barren of the Force, and they who are one with the Force can always find the possibility of life. Awareness precedes consciousness. The warmth is luxuriated in and drawn upon before the mind is cognizant of doing so. Next comes the illusion of linear time. Only then does a sense of individuality arise, a remembrance of what was and what is, a knowledge of ones self as separate from the Force. It provides a vantage point for experiencing the physical world in its complexity and ecstasy, but the pain of that separation is endurable only because unity will come again, and soon. That fracture from the all, that memory of temporal existence, is most easily summed up with the word the fracture was once called by. The name. "Qui-Gon." The name is spoken by another. Qui-Gon has been summoned. He draws upon his memories of himself and takes shape, reassembling the form he last had in life. It seems to him that he feels flesh wrap around bones, hair and skin over flesh, robes over skin--and then, as naturally to him as though he had done so yesterday, he pulls down the hood of his Jedi cloak and looks upon his Padawan. "Obi-Wan." It is worth the travail of individual existence just to say that name again. So he says the other name, too. "Ben." Obi-Wan Kenobis hair has turned white. Lines have etched their traces along his forehead, around his blue eyes. He wears Jedi robes so worn and ragged as to be indistinguishable from the garb of the impoverished hermit he pretends to be. Most would walk past this man without a second glance. Yet while Qui-Gon perceives the physical realities of Obi-Wans appearance, he is not limited to human sight any longer. He also sees the confident general of the Clone Wars, the strong young Padawan who followed his master into battle, even the rebellious little boy at the Temple that no Master was in any hurry to train. They are all equally part of Obi-Wan, each stage of his existence vivid in this moment. "You are afraid," Qui-Gon says. He knows why; the events taking place around them are clearer to him than they are to Obi-Wan. "You seek your center. You need balance." The living find it difficult not to tell the dead that which they already know. Obi-Wan doesnt even try. "There may be Imperial stormtroopers waiting for Luke at the Lars farm. If so--" "Then you will rescue him." Qui-Gon smiles. "Or he may rescue himself. Or the sister will find the brother instead." Obi-Wan cannot be so easily comforted. "Or he could be killed. Cut down while still hardly more than a boy." To Qui-Gon, all human lives now seem impossibly brief. Years are irrelevant. It is journeys through the Force that matter. Some must struggle for that knowledge through many decades; others are very nearly born with it. Most never begin the journey at all, no matter how long they live. But Luke Skywalker . . . "Luke has a great journey yet to go," Qui-Gon says. "It does not end here." "Youve seen this?" Qui-Gon nods. This relieves Obi-Wan more than it should, because he cannot guess the shape that journey will take. Their surroundings in the physical world become clearer--the endless dunes of Tatooine stretching out in every direction, a smoldering sandcrawler a hulk behind them, a dozen tiny Jawas dead. The memory of their fear and helplessness lances Qui-Gons consciousness, as does the meaninglessness of their deaths. Although Obi-Wan has been tending to the bodies, for the moment the Jawas are seen to only by two droids. The droids comfort Qui-Gon somewhat, because they are familiar; the Force has even seen fit to bring these two back to the place where it all began. Time is a circle. The beginning is the end. Obi-Wan murmurs, "Bail Organa sent Leia herself to summon me. When I saw her--saw Padm Details ISBN0345511476 Author Sabaa Tahir Short Title FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW ( Pages 496 Series Star Wars Language English ISBN-10 0345511476 ISBN-13 9780345511478 Format Hardcover Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-10-03 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2017-10-03 NZ Release Date 2017-10-03 US Release Date 2017-10-03 UK Release Date 2017-10-03 Place of Publication New York Publisher Random House Worlds Imprint Random House Worlds DEWEY 813.0876208 Illustrations B&W ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:125053175;

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