Japanese versions part 3, King of Attolia
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queensthiefKing of Attolia is notably different from the other books. A different artist drew the pictures; the paper is different, although still much nicer than the US version; the pages are glued, not stitched; there is no vellum. There are still the wonderful chapter icons, however.
and
KoA, volume 1
(there seems to be a re-occurring theme of grapes in KoA; wonder why?)
The title page:
and the Table of Contents:
Note the fibula pins, the signet ring, and the disc (top, center) is, I think, the coin he was playing with.
(there seems to be a re-occurring theme of grapes in KoA; wonder why?)
The title page:
and the Table of Contents:
Note the fibula pins, the signet ring, and the disc (top, center) is, I think, the coin he was playing with.
and
KoA, volume 2
a close up of the Attolian lilies on the back cover:
The cover page:
and the table of contents:
a close up of the Attolian lilies on the back cover:
The cover page:
and the table of contents:
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Date: 10/28/07 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/28/07 07:02 pm (UTC)Do we know what the flowers are? I only ask because flowers are still pretty important in Japanese culture, and I am sure the artist chose them for a reason. On Vol 2 here, they look like white orchids--generally a sign of rare/delicate beauty--to me, and are those grapes on Vol 1 (or something similar to a muscadine?). Vol 1 of QoA looks like it has a species of purple orchid on the back, and the flowers on Vol 2 look like some sort of lilly. And Thief has got some sort of berry on the back as well. I guess I'm focusing on these because they interest me more than pictures of the characters...and they are so well drawn.
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Date: 10/28/07 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/28/07 07:36 pm (UTC)The use of orchids is also interesting. In my above post, I had forgotten that the word is derived from the Greek word for testicle. Lilies and orchids, then, being something of a combination of majesty and power. The orchid is also a symbol of refinement.
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Date: 10/28/07 07:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/28/07 07:08 pm (UTC)Asa tipped me off to the illustrations, then Megan convinced me I had to own them. I was pretty excited when I opened the box up! Pretty much dancing around the house, and (for that matter) the conspiracy room.
Perhaps you could ask for them for Christmas, instead of getting all that perfume ...
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Date: 10/28/07 07:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/28/07 11:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/29/07 11:03 am (UTC)Also, you've made me want to make icons :D
Icons!
Date: 10/29/07 12:01 pm (UTC)I can send you the original photos, if you'd like, or link you to the photobucket pictures.
The chapter icons might be fun.
Re: Icons!
Date: 10/29/07 09:35 pm (UTC)Yes, please :) though you'll have to give me a couple days, maybe two weeks to get them all done.
Re: Icons!
Date: 11/1/07 06:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/29/07 05:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 10/29/07 01:41 pm (UTC)I've been trying to find a way to order them for ages.
I'm having trouble with the ordering form, will they ship it to other countries?
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Date: 10/29/07 02:00 pm (UTC)Don't believe their call-out saying you get free shipping! I used a currency converter site to figure out approx. what I was paying.
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Date: 10/30/07 04:25 am (UTC)Can you do a close-up of the front cover of the first one? I can't figure out who/what/where/when that picture is supposed to be, but it's purty.
*manages not to fangirl as crazily this time*
XD
Thanks for posting the pictures!
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Date: 10/30/07 12:15 pm (UTC)I'll send you an email with a close up of the cover from vol 1. It's a pretty haunting image, actually. And he's playing with a dagger while staring out over the castle walls. Thinking of the Mede, perhaps?
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Date: 10/31/07 01:08 am (UTC)But I'm wondering about that very Celtic harp on the spine and cloak fibula (yes, I know they had fibula pins in Sounis/Greece too, but that one looks Irish to me). Strange. Why don't publishers in this country put this much energy into their books?? I like the way Attolia only takes up half of her throne - seems like an open invitation to someone.
I know you probably told us this in the music post, but what exactly is on your Sounis mix? I'm curious what people ended up choosing.
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Date: 10/31/07 04:41 am (UTC)American publishers publish far too much for one thing. ^_^ Also, Japanese read more graphic novels, so graphics are more important, I think, for young adult books.
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Date: 10/31/07 06:43 am (UTC)I do own very beautiful books, not the least of which is QoA. Vintage, as far as I can tell, turns out consistantly lovely volumes (not only pretty to look at but a joy to hold; I love the way the pages are so, um, floppy. Not the best word but the only one I can come up with) and I'm grateful for the effort that went into producing them.
But none of them have illustrations quite like that (well, my hardback Subtle Knife does do graphics in the page corners - and I hope to get my hands on The Dreamhunters before too long) and it was a surprise.
Never mind. I should stop posting when I'm this tired.
Quality
Date: 10/31/07 11:44 am (UTC)However, they cost more. It's a trade off.
Also, I think KoA is not of quite as good a quality as the others.
Music
Date: 10/31/07 11:54 am (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/sounis/132477.html
there is at least one other you can find by searching the tags under "music".
It's an awesome CD. My favorite, of the ones I had never heard before, is probably The Joker and the Thief.
On another 'note', I thought quite a few of the images had a celtic look to them, too.
Re: Music
Date: 10/31/07 01:59 pm (UTC)Hmm.
*realizes she is even more musically-underexposed than she thought*
Time to go shopping on itunes!
Interesting. I generally don't associate music with words to books - with a very few exceptions, if it has music, it's more like soundtrack music. But I'm really curious to listen to these ones. Thanks for passing on the link!