Asian SF/F (not Japan)
Mon, May. 12th, 2008 12:12 pmHi! I am lazy and depending on the goodwill of the internet to help with research!
So: tell me about Asian SF/F!
It must be:
I have a slightly better sense of SF/F created in Asia and popular in the US, though if you have notes for your specific country, that would also be good! Please note: NOT from Japan.
For self:
rachelmanija's notes on Indian SF/F
ETA:
Korea:
- Pahanjip (Korean folklore + Tang China ghost hunters, manhwa)
- Bride of the Water God (Korean folklore (?) + alternate world + beast bridegroom, manhwa)
China:
- Swordsman II
So: tell me about Asian SF/F!
It must be:
- Created in Asia by Asians
- NOT from Japan
- Any medium
- Bonus points if I can get my hands on it (I am in the US and read/understand Mandarin Chinese)
- Extra bonus points for SF/F from and/or about Southeast Asia or South Asia
I have a slightly better sense of SF/F created in Asia and popular in the US, though if you have notes for your specific country, that would also be good! Please note: NOT from Japan.
For self:
ETA:
Korea:
- Pahanjip (Korean folklore + Tang China ghost hunters, manhwa)
- Bride of the Water God (Korean folklore (?) + alternate world + beast bridegroom, manhwa)
China:
- Swordsman II
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Tue, May. 13th, 2008 03:19 am (UTC)SAWNET is a great brief resource, especially for kidlit. The Essential Guide to World Comics is a decent starting point: based merely on what it gets VERY VERY WRONG about manga I would not trust the rest of its factual authority farther than I could fling it, but I plan to get it from the library again because it has lots of names of Thai/Indian/Chinese/Korean series, with scans, to start tracking down elsewhere. (It actually made me tear up at one point; in the brief (ostensibly factual?) section on Cambodian comics, there was a bit about how the section was so brief because the massacres there likely cut back development of homegrown comic artists in comparison to surrounding Asian comic scenes.)
I am totally stalking this post for book-ordering-at-work purposes, FYI. Tiny awesome indie store SFF sections FTW!
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Tue, May. 13th, 2008 03:21 am (UTC)