Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Buckley Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (Translation) Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim Date: 16 Oct 2024 19:26:54 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <4551b48eb3c951be11a93550ec6beaf6@www.novabbs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net zdQR24TXy7MmdpzUhmq9Rwwmk+j3bdJqjUF5QN4Aj0zYokqREP Cancel-Lock: sha1:s7gByq4OngXNF5uxfYRO7lpFVTs= sha256:6CgT8reVkwceaqcmvGR6gxeXY0ZPx3RFV5aT/zhOklg= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Bytes: 2239 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’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? 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.) Chris