Well one of the staff member posted this online, and I just thought that I will share this with everyone. Guess who is falling off from the cliff? XD.
Spreading the Love of Taiwan Novels
There are many great Taiwanese and Chinese novels around, though many of them are not as well-known as Japanese light novels to the English world. Here are links to some of the ones that have been translated. Plus a little advertisement for a new novel I’ve been helping a friend translate.
Yu Wo’s works:
No Hero: http://asmodeatranslations.blogspot.com/
Eclipse Hunter: http://novel.oddsquad.org/p/eclipse-hunter.html
Wuxia (lit. martial art heroes) novels by Gu Long, some of whom have been mentioned by Feng Lan in HP:
Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Sword (aka Feng Yun Di Yi Dao [风云第一刀], Duo Qing Jian Ke Wu Qing Jian [多情剑客无情剑], Xiao Li Fei Dao [小李飞刀]): http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Gu-Long/Sentimental-Swordsman,-Ruthless-Sword
Chu Liu Xiang: http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Gu-Long/Chu-Liu-Xiang
Lu Xiao Feng (One of my favorite stories): http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Gu-Long/Lu-Xiao-Feng
The Legendary Siblings: http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Gu-Long/The-Legendary-Siblings
The Sword and the Exquisiteness: http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Gu-Long/The-Sword-and-The-Exquisiteness
Wuxia by Jin Yong (Chinese author):
Condor Hero Trilogy (Lolidragon is named after a character in Book 2, also each book can be read separately =])
Book 1, Legend of the Eagle Shooting Hero: http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Jin-Yong/Eagle-Shooting-Hero
Book 2, Divine Eagle, Gallant Knight (aka ‘Return of the Condor Heroes’): http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Jin-Yong/Divine-Eagle,-Gallant-Knight
Book 3, Heavenly Sword, Dragon Slaying Sabre: http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Jin-Yong/Heavenly-Sword,-Dragon-Slaying-Sabre
The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Jin-Yong/Smiling-Proud-Wanderer
Demi-gods and Semi-devils: http://wuxiapedia.com/Novels/Jin-Yong/Demi-Gods,-Semi-Devils
Now for my advertisement…Presenting KEY OF THE SUNKEN MOON by SHUI QUAN
link: http://sunkenmoon.wordpress.com/
Story Synopsis
“Fan Tong, the representative of the new generation of exemplary and good-hearted young people, was cursed to say the opposite of what he means nine out of ten phrases by an evil bitch…”
“Take this back and rewrite it.”
“Fan Tong, an extremely gifted fortune teller who could predict the future accurately, was cursed to say the opposite of what he means nine out of ten phrases by a woman who wasn’t happy at being called ‘old hag’…”
“Don’t you feel embarrassed reading this?”
“Fan Tong, a person who died mysteriously, was sucked into a parallel universe, bringing the curse he had in life with him. How does he survive in this strange world where a person can die and live, live and die, then die and live again? Can be become a hero? Actually, is he fated to save this world?”
“Don’t write your delusions down.”
“Fan Tong… I don’t want to write anymore! Why do I have to introduce myself!? This kind of work has nothing to do with me!”
……
Fan Tong, a regular commoner, never thought that he would wake up in a parallel universe one day and have it announced to him that he was already dead.
In order to survive in this new world, besides learning everything about this place and figuring out how to lower the probability of him dying, he has to deal with that cursed mouth of his that cannot say anything good.
Although everything that happened was very illogical, what happened had already happened. Resigned to fate, Fan Tong decided to face everything with an optimistic attitude, bravely tackle his life after death, and impress his sincerity onto his friends’ hearts!
Resigned and Despairing Life Mottos by Yu Wo
Yu Wo has started a series of plurks called “Each Characters’ Resigned and Despairing Life Motto,” in which characters come up with despairing words about life. It’s quite a fun series~.
Motto 1
Charles (No Hero): Life is about endlessly overcooking things.
Motto 2
Grisia (Legend of Sun Knight): Life is about taking the wrong fork in the road once and forever being in debt afterward without a retirement fund, shit!
Motto 3
Carol (Female Warrior): Life is having my old lady retire and not having my own child yet still having to take care of scum left behind by my comrade and then having to deal with scum brought in by scum and then more scum brought in by other scum and then scum again brought in by scum!
Motto 4
Ah Ye (Eclipse Hunter, more known as Daren to people who follow Odd Squad’s translations): Life is about endlessly becoming stronger! ~~~Charles: Young Master, please speak the resigned and despairing version.
Ah Ye: Huh? T-Then life is, is, um, is about never knowing what to say OTZ…
Motto 6
Liola (Kill No More): …Life is about being able to toss Father and Baolilong to the side for three days?
(Kaiser: Damn! It really is the year 2012 this year.)
Motto 7
Kaiser (Kill No More): Life is about going all out and offing Liola’s old man, brother, and son!
Motto 7
Judgment: Life is about saying the words ‘don’t fool around’ over and over yet still having to allow the other person to fool around.
If Yu Wo comes up with any more after 7 (and they aren’t too spoilerish), I’ll add them here~.
Can you think of any despairing words from 1/2 Prince and Legend of Sun Knight characters? Share them here in a comment!
ePubs for HP and LSK
Hi hi all~ This is Nabs, here with a little prezzie ^^~ As we all know (and if you don’t it’s ok) PDFs of HP and LSK were put up over here. Now if you plan to read those on things like an iPod, it can be a bit annoying, so I converted all of the books to ePub format, which you can download here. They’re all in one big batch, HP volumes 1-5 and LSK volumes 1-2, so sorry for the inconvenience ^_^;; (though on the other hand you only download one thing ^_~).
On a slightly unrelated topic, I know it’s the end of January and everyone’s feeling bleh and there’s no updates for this month so it’s a bit bleak, but don’t let your spirits flag. Everyone Jiahyou, Ganbatte, Hwaiting, Fighting and whatever it is in your language o(^^)o~
-Nabs signing out =3
EDIT: I see a lot of people having trouble extracting the file. As Dahlys pointed out below, all you have to do is rename the file and add .zip at the end of the name, et voila~ You are now able to extract it :3
Thought I’d add this bit. How to make your own epub:
1) Copy all relevant text into microsoft word document (I use office 2010)
2) Insert images if you want (e.g. separators)
3) Change all chapter titles to “heading 1” under styles
4) [optional] Bookmark all references, e.g. footnotes. Remember to bookmark both the reference and footnote.
5) [optional] Hyperlink the bookmarks together to link the reference with the footnote.
6) Save the file as .html
7) Download and install the program called Calibre
8) Import the .html file into Calibre and convert to favorite format, e.g. epub or mobi. Remember to add metadata and cover page for better file organization.
Q.E.D.
Your very own epub XD
– resident protozoan, dahlys
Internet Blackout for SOPA / PIPA
As you browse the internet today, you may notice how many sites such as google, wikipedia, reddit, and wordpress.org are protesting against SOPA and PIPA, two bills that are under consideration by the U.S. Congress. If you haven’t heard about this before, please watch this short but informative video on the possible repercussions if these bills are passed.
Please take action by raising awareness amongst your friends, and if you live in the United States, please contact your local congressman and voice your opposition to these bills. You can find a form on http://americancensorship.org that will easily help you email or phone your representative, or petition the state department for those outside the United States.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and doing your part to keep Prince Revolution! and the entire Internet safe for free expression!