Asian Fantasy Fiction Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jeremy Bai
Conversations centered around Asian fantasy genres, featuring content creators and experts of all varieties. Hosted by Jeremy Bai, known by the online name Deathblade, a writer and translator who specializes in Chinese fantasy genres such as xianxia, xuanhuan, and wuxia. Logo art by Xiaofanchuanart.
Lingying and I talk about growing up around a publishing house, Condor Heroes, Jin Yong, wuxia, and much more!
Lingying's links:
Hardcover Box Set: https://asiapacbooks.com/products/return-of-the-condor-heroes-collectors-edition-english
PDF version: https://asiapacbooks.com/products/ebook-english-return-of-the-condor-heroes-collectors-edition
Jeremy's links:
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
Etvolare and I get into a much more detailed and nuanced discussion than we had time for in the inaugural podcast. With a surprise ending...
Etvo's links:
Website: https://etvolare.com/
Return of the Swallow: https://www.volarenovels.com/novel/return-of-the-swallow
Necropolis Immortal: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/necropolis-immortal
Jeremy's links:
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
Patrick and I talk about life in China, xianxia, and his epic series Painting the Mists
Patrick's links:
Amazon author page: https://amzn.to/3isiDe4
Website: https://paintingthemists.com/
Jeremy's links:
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
Anand and I talk about drawing wuxia/xianxia art, A Will Eternal, art theory, and more!
Anand's links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anand_ramcheron/
Jeremy's links:
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
TLDL:
1) Sorry for the poor audio quality on the previous epsidoe and upcoming episode. My headphones broke, forcing me to record without them, leading to a feedback problem. I'll pick up a replacement pair before recording the next episode.
2) My series The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths has been picked up by a publisher. I'll soon pull all the books from Amazon, whereupon the publisher will relaunch them. Books 1-3 will be combined into a new "volume 1." There will be some additional content that I can provide for free to anyone who already read the series. I will be writing "volume 2" of the series later this year, and it will be published sometime in 2022.
3) When writing "volume 2" I might need to take a short hiatus from the podcast to focus on writing. Time will tell.
Minjae and I talk about Second Coming of Gluttony, translation theory, and more. My audio is slightly messed up, and I couldn't fix it, I apologize about that in advance.
Minjae's links:
Noveltranslations subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/noveltranslations/
Jeremy's links:
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
Ramsey and I talk about life in China, MMA, traditional Chinese martial arts, and more!
Ramsey's links:
Website: https://mmafitnessclub.weebly.com/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ramseydewey
Jeremy's links:
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
John and I talk about Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, podcasting, and other things.
John's Links:
Website: http://chineselore.com/
Jeremy's Links:
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
AvenueX and I talk about life in Chongqing, costuming in Untamed and Hong Kong Shaw Brothers movies, and other topics.
AvenueX's links:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAJa5VlzzRq7Ebr-IQbXqyA
Website: https://avenuex.ca/
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths: http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
Travis and I talk about the ins and outs of audiobook narration, especially for cultivation, litRPG, progression fantasy, etc. You might be surprised at how many similarities we find between audiobook narration and fiction translation work!
Travis' links:
Website: https://travisbaldree.com/
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths: http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
Blaise and I talk about I Shall Seal the Heavens, his upcoming xianxia-inspired novel, and writing philosophy and practice.
Blaise's links:
Website: https://blaise-corvin.com/
Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/BlaiseCorvinWriter
Blaise's ISSTH fan fiction: https://blaise-corvin.com/i-shall-seal-the-heavens-fan-fiction-story-old/
Jeremy's links:
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths: http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Tao Wong and I talk about life in the Yukon, his series A Thousand Li, wuxia movies, and the craft of writing.
Tao Wong's links
Website - https://www.mylifemytao.com/
Jeremy's links
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths - http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website - https://jeremybai.com
Mary and I talk about language, poetry, prose, and especially her epic fantasy novel told in poem format, The Sign of the Dragon.
Mary's links:
Website: https://marysoonlee.com/
The Sign of the Dragon: https://amzn.to/3vWUNwp
Elemental Haiku: https://amzn.to/3xZDiNy
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths book 1: http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
Rex was born in Hangzhou China and came to the U.S. at age 9. It wasn't until he was in college that he ended up becoming a fulltime translator. We talk about his story, his projects, and some things he finds challenging in Chinese-to-English translation.
Rex's links:
Immortal Soaring Blade: https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/immortal-soaring-blade
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths: http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website: https://jeremybai.com/
In this episode we get an artist's perspective on illustrating wuxia and xianxia content. Incidentally, in the episode itself, I forgot to mention that the podcast image itself was done by Xiao!
Xiao's links:
Chroniclers webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/chroniclers/list?title_no=317954&page=1
Xiao's Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/xiaofanchuanart
Xiao's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/xiaofanchuanart/?hl=en
Xiao's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC5M82XQ2sD1QGN7LmvafYw
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths - Book 1 - http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website - http://jeremybai.com
JC Kang and I talk about his fantasy series Legends of Tivara and upcoming novel Quantum Cultivation, as well as other topics like Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wing Chun, and the Ip Man movies.
JC Kang's links:
Author page - https://www.amazon.com/JC-Kang/e/B0195EMIY2/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1
Legends of Tivara - Dragon Songs Saga - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BH3K778/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3
Legends of Tivara - Scions of the Black Lotus - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0863YXRTT/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2
Quantum Cultivation - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088KMMFMC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths - Book 1 - http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website - https://jeremybai.com/
Rifle and I talk about "translator dad" life, Korean language and culture, and a host of other topics.
Rifle's links:
Tomb Raider King - https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/tomb-raider-king
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths - Book 1 - http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website - https://jeremybai.com/
In this episode we talk about Peter Shiao's Immortal Storyverse, his take on wuxia, and his experience growing up as the son of a famous wuxia author
Peter's links:
Immortal Studios website - https://www.immortal-studios.com/
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths - Book 1 - http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website - http://jeremybai.com
In this inaugural episode, etvo and I talk about living in Taiwan, the current translation market, translator life, and of course her projects Necropolis Immortal and Return of the Swallow.
Etvo says: "Herro to DB's readers! Your resident Chinese fantasy translator and bubble tea maniac etvo here. Have we all beat up enough young masters today? Come take a breather and tomb raid with the Flying Head Sect in Necropolis Immortal (Wuxiaworld), or smack some green tea biatches around in Return of the Swallow (volare novels). More translation-related thoughts on etvolare.com and life in Taiwan on Twitter @etvofluff
Etvo's links:
Website and blog - https://etvolare.com/
Necropolis Immortal - https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/necropolis-immortal
Return of the Swallow - https://www.volarenovels.com/novel/return-of-the-swallow
Twitter - @etvofluff
Jeremy's links:
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Book 1 - http://mybook.to/9h10eTHP
Website - http://jeremybai.com
Quick explanation of what the podcast is about (and what it's not about)
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