Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (Translation) Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:10:56 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: <4551b48eb3c951be11a93550ec6beaf6@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:10:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1f6562590cfb8d18e957a1257503d36a"; logging-data="2968944"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19GsQQG529kuztSgO50NuPuDshIGLip3KM=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:eO//IDKfsm8wJUcPl4t+qulQUMw= Bytes: 3624 On 17 Oct 2024 11:52:55 GMT, Chris Buckley wrote: >On 2024-10-16, Tony Nance wrote: >> On 10/16/24 3:26 PM, Chris Buckley wrote: >>> On 2024-10-16, James Nicoll wrote: >>>> 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=92s >>>>>> 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? >>>=20 >>> Unfortunately, it actually requires knowledge of Geography to >>> interpret, which may be asking a bit much. (Nothing can be read of >>> the image's labels and what the coloring shows is very = non-conclusive.) >>>=20 >> >> Are you maybe looking at this on your phone? On my 15" laptop screen, >> it's pretty clearly labeled - "Japan and Korea" in the lower left, for= =20 >> example. "Sea of Japan" is larger, just "northeast" of the center, and= =20 >> the letters J A P A N are larger yet, along the right/east boundary of= =20 >> Japan. > >Hmm... Old equipment on both ends. 27 inch HDMI monitor, but one of the >first ones with undoubtedly lower resolution. And my eyes on the other = end >are getting poorer; cataract surgery is looming and it's getting = difficult >to read hard copy books. I do most of my reading on this monitor these = days. May your surgery go well! --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"