Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (Translation) Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:43:31 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: <4551b48eb3c951be11a93550ec6beaf6@www.novabbs.com> Injection-Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:43:31 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="19516"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2094 Lines: 28 In article , Robert Woodward wrote: >In article <4551b48eb3c951be11a93550ec6beaf6@www.novabbs.com>, > quadibloc wrote: > >> No doubt the comment in your review, >> >> "I wonder where on Earth a Korean author would get the idea of a >> relentlessly expansionist, exploitative empire determined to replace the >> cultures and religions of neighboring countries with the Empire’s >> hegemonic culture? It seems almost as though Kim has specific models in >> mind. I suppose we will never know what those models were." >> >> was intended as a joke, and was written with tongue in cheek. >> >> I can think of two candidates off the top of my head, of course. >> > >And I thought of ONE direct example off the top of my head. Japan from >the late 19th century to the end of WWII ruled Korea ... firmly. > Is the image directly below "I suppose we will never know what those models were." only visible to me? -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll