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K-Fantasy

Special Project   K-Fantasy We Invite You to a Special Universe that No One's Ever Dreamed of   2021.09.06   "If I had magic..." Everybody must have imagined becoming a magician as a child. We make so many unrealistic things possible thanks to the imagination. We fly through the sky, and we walk under the sea. Korean fantasy began to flourish when computers and the Internet began to be distributed across the country in the mid-1990s. As novels serialized on online platforms that only provided writing and reading services gained more popularity and proved their commercial values, the publication of fantasy novels started to occur in earnest. Fandoms emerged as fantasy books were distributed to local book lenders in massive amounts. The spread of smartphones and tablets in 2010 led to the full development of fantasy novels and web-novels. Fantasy as a genre has been steadily gathering fanatics, expanding its universe and combining with other genres such as martial arts fan...
  • VOL.38 / 2021.09
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Korean Literary Works that Have Recently Made Their Debut in France

Export Case   Korean Literary Worksthat Have Recently Made Their Debut in France   2021.09.06   I’ve always kept an eye on titles newly released on the market every month or week and trends in the Korean and French book markets while introducing and translating Korean works as a member of a French publisher Philippe Picquier in charge of Korean literature collections. Knowing everything in both markets is essential for selecting and bringing Korean works that will suit the tastes of French readers. In addition, the information shared by Philippe Picquier’s head on the tastes and preferences of French readers is also extremely useful when choosing Korean works.   Korean works recently published by Philippe Picquier.From left, The Prisoner, Only Two People, The Good Son, and Sword and Tongue     Fiction occupies a prominent place among Korean books brought to France. Two non-fiction titles were introduced i...
  • VOL.38 / 2021.09
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A Summer Trip with Books

A Summer Trip with Books The hot summer could be cool in another way!   2021.07.05   Spring, summer, fall, and winter. Summer has come again to tell us that half of the year has passed. In Korea, summer beings in June and lasts until August. The scorching sunlight could blind us, but most Koreans long for summer throughout the year. Students and office workers all wait for their summer vacation. Summer has a surprisingly charming point everybody loves as the season of relaxation. It makes you think of the color crimson red that resembles the sunlight under the sizzling weather, but it also makes you think of the color blue that recalls the cool waves of the ocean where we go to evade the summer heat. However, people are yet careful to go on a summer vacation this year, as the pandemic remains unsolved. Then, how about going on a “book-cation (book-reading + vacation)” with books filled with the summer vibe? Following is an introduction of charming summer books that eve...
  • VOL.36 / 2021.07
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K-Thriller

K-Thriller The True Suspense of Genre Literature in Korea   2021.04.05     The warm, cozy wind tickles our noses. It’s spring, a good season to read books. Enjoying the warmth of the sun, how about grabbing a genre novel you like, such as Sci-Fi, fantasy, romance, or martial arts, and go out to read? Particularly recommended are genre literature thrillers, mystery, and crime stories that give just the right tension and vitality to your mind and body on such drowsy days. They not only open your eyes wide but with twists entangling each other, the enthralling, cool books will lead you deeper into the world of books. In this chapter, we would like to introduce to you some of the thriller, mystery, and crime fiction that represent Korea.   Korea’s genre literature can make readers sympathize and become immersed into a story through the delicate description of emotions.   Feel the chill down your spine: Full-length horror & thriller novels   T...
  • VOL.33 / 2021.04
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Introducing Korean Sci-Fi!

Introducing Korean Sci-Fi!   2021.03.08     Beginning of Sci-Fi in Korea   To pick the genre that the public has actively consumed in Korea for the past several years, it would be "Science Fiction." However, considering the massive fandom and cultural influence of Sci-Fi in other countries such as the United States, it has not been long since the public in Korea has highlighted the genre. This is why some people think that the Sci-Fi syndrome in Korea is a sudden phenomenon. However, Korea's Sci-Fi genre has been shaped to become what it is today from about 100 years ago, creating the foundation for today's Sci-Fi to be at the center of people's attention. Then, learning the history of Korean Sci-Fi will be a good way to understand it better and get a clearer glimpse of its future outlook. The beginning of Sci-Fi in Korea goes back to 1907. The first Sci-Fi work recorded in history isserialized in the journal Taegukhakbo- a journal for Koreans studying in Japan, wh...
  • VOL.32 / 2021.03
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Writer Bora Chung

Korean Authors   Writer Bora Chung A Creative and Fun Storyteller Who Mesmerized the World   2022.06.07   While Korean content ? or so-called K-content ? is at the center of global attention these days, K-publishing has joined the hot wave. Led by works that have won international prizes, various Korean publications are being globally recognized with rising interest and popularity. Also, Korea’s publishing industry is once again receiving much attention as Cursed Bunny (Arzak), a short-story collection written by Bora Chung, was nominated for the Booker Prize, a prestigious literary award. Author Bora Chung writes stories with the maximum charms of SF fiction using her abundant imagination and fresh topics. Following is an interview with Bora Chung, who expressed her works as “fiction that explores the border between reality and virtual reality.”   ⓒArzak     Please introduce yourself to our subscribers.   Hel...
  • VOL.47 / 2022.06
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Hubble

Korean Publishers   Hubble The Happy Imagination of Tomorrow   2021.08.02   We are living in an era where Sci-Fi has become mainstream. The genre grew exponentially in Korea compared to 5 years ago, and the readership has become younger. Hubble, the Sci-Fi brand of publisher East Asia Books, stands as a leading publisher in Sci-Fi literature in Korea, hosting and organizing the Korean Science Literature Award. Following is an interview with publisher Hubble, which creates Korean-style Sci-Fi books that add stories of the marginalized such as the socially weak and minorities, to traditional Sci-Fi and interprets them from various perspectives.   Logo of publisher Hubble   Please introduce yourself to overseas publishers.   Hi, I’m Kim Hak-Je, the lead editor at Hubble. We borrowed the name “Hubble” from the Hubble Space Telescope. Just like how the telescope observes “stars’ past” 100 million light-years away, publisher Hubble aims to ...
  • VOL.37 / 2021.08
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Literary Awards and Contests in the field of Genre Literature

Literary Awards and Contests in the field of Genre Literature Becoming the center of the publishing market as a mainstream field   2020.06.01     The preference of readers is having more influence on the Korean publishing market than other elements. Genre literature including webtoons (online comics), web novels, and science fiction that gained little attention in the past have become popular among readers ? even comparable to pure literature ? and its market is expanding as well. The idea that genre literature is non-mainstream and is only enjoyed by certain fans has become nonsense today. In particular, in terms of web novels, anyone can become a writer, and as anybody can enjoy the works with a mobile device anywhere one likes, its market has outgrown that of paper books. Genre literature possesses a different value than pure literature in that its works can be extended to derivative works such as movies or TV series with their creative ideas and fast flow of stories...
  • VOL.23 / 2020.06
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E-book Platforms and the Meaning of “Original Content”

E-book Platforms and the Meaning of “Original Content” The value of new methods and strategies   2020.05.04     According to the 2019 National Reading Survey, 52.1% of Korean adults were reading paper books. Adding e-books and audiobooks only pulled up the rate to 55.7%. The rate is falling with every survey. The reason for the fall in adults’ reading rate is a change of pattern in consuming content. People that enjoy other content than books reached 29.1%. Smartphones killed books.Yet, there are still readers. More and more readers are reading books with their mobile devices. Major online bookstores such as Yes 24, Kyobo Bookstore, and Aladdin have more than 10 million members each. Even e-book companies RIDI Books and Millie have millions of subscribers. There are many readers who enjoy reading genre literature through web-novel platforms such as Naver Webnovel, KakaoStory, Munpia, and Joara. In short, the missing number of paper book readers, or even mor...
  • VOL.22 / 2020.05
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GOZKNOCK ENT

GOZKNOCK ENT How About a Genre Novel to Read on a Quiet Day?   2018.07.31   Imagine a hunter who seeks out his prey for writing, hunts it down, collects it and cooks it after. If one were to look at Gozknock ENT, they would be reminded of such a hunter, as the workers here become observers and explorers in order to find good writing. They are in their second year of existence and they already have a strong reader base and are known for their genre novels. Readers say they don’t need to think twice when it comes to books from Gozknock - they just read them. The below is a Q&A with Bae Seon-a, head of Gozknock ENT currently sprouting stories for film adaptations in a garden of content.     KPIPA Could you tell us what kind of place Gozknock ENT is?   Bae Gozknock ENT is a development company that creates original stories ready to be adapted into video, in addition to genre novels. We combined the Korean word ‘gozknock’ which means quiet, cozy with ‘ent...
  • VOL.11 / 2018.07
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