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'''''The Bird That Drinks Blood''''' ([[Korean_language|Korean]]: 피를 마시는 새 ''Peeru'l mashinuun saeh'', abbreviated as 피마새 ''Pimasae'') is a series of [[Korean fantasy]] novels by [[Lee Yeongdo]]. Set in the same world of Lee's previous work ''[[The Bird That Drinks Tears]]'', the stories depict clashes between [[absolute power]] and [[free will]] with the backdrop of the [[Neo Arajit Empire]] ([[Korean_language|Korean]]: 신 아라짓 제국) that's ruled over by flying capital [[Skywhere]] ([[Korean_language|Korean]]: 하늘누리).<ref name="names">See the [[Talk:The_Bird_That_Drinks_Blood|discussion]] page about the translations.</ref><ref name="yonhap"></ref> The [[Empress Governheaven]]<ref name="names"></ref> of the Empire secures the eternal empire against the [[Lekons]] and rebellious forces, but it is gradually revealed that behind the endless conflicts and confusion the Empress's ambitions and plots have played a major part as well.<ref name="donga blood"></ref> The story begins with four people; [[Jimen]] the Emperor Hunter and an one-eyed human girl [[Asil (character)|Asil]], whose dream of an independent nation of Lekons have been ruthlessly suppressed by the Empress, on whom they swore to wreak vengeance; the General-in-Chief [[Elsi (character)|Elsi]] who took the [[March (territory)|marches]] of a [[margrave]] who formed a faction to defy the Empress, and [[Vissels Gyuriha|Jeong U]], the margrave's daughter.<ref name="financial"></ref>
'''The Bird That Drinks Blood''' (피를 마시는 새, ''Peeru'l mashinuun saeh'') is a sequel to [[The Bird That Drinks Tears]], fantasy novel series written by [[Lee Yeongdo]]. A rare example of the genre [[Korean Fantasy]], the [[stock characters]] and clichés normal western fantasy such as [[elves]], magic, dragons and Latin languages are instead replaced by Korean concepts such as [[dokkebis]], [[ssirum]], [[yut]] and ancient Korean languages([[Arazit]])


Korean press has compared Lee's the ''Bird'' series to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]] works, in the aspect that Lee constructed languages and created geography, vegetation, and history that pans several thousand years. "Moreover, unlike Tolkien who set the virtual history simply as a mythical battleground of good and evil, in Lee's world the moving history, politics, industries and cultural background are constructed in such great detail that this another world feels real and urgent, and sucks you in."<ref name="financial">{{cite news|publisher=Financial News
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== Publication ==
|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=014&aid=0000186252|title=''The Bird that Drinks Blood'' Fantasy Author Lee Yeongdo "Fantasy is my own creative world"|date=3 August 2005 | accessdate=26 August 2011|location=Seoul | first=Hui-seok|last=Ji}}</ref> The Korean overtones of the world was also acclaimed. The ancient language of [[Arajit]] is based on the [[Proto-Korean]] language. The undefeated general Elsi enjoys a game of [[Go (game)|baduk]] while other characters enjoy traditional Korean folk games such as [[Ssireum]] and [[Yut|Yut Nori]], and Jeong U dresses in what is similar to [[Hanbok]] and wears a [[List_of_Korean_clothing#Accessories|binyeo]] in her hair. The Empire's system of rank and office is modeled after that of [[Silla]] and [[Goryeo]].<ref name="yonhap">{{cite news|publisher=Yonhap News
|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=001&aid=0001047455
|title= Lee Yeongdo's fantasy novel ''The Bird that Drinks Blood'' is out|date=11 July 2005 | accessdate=26 August 2011|location=Seoul | first=Cheon-ki|last=Chung}}</ref>


==Serialization and publication==
The story was first serialized in [[Hitel]], an internet forum site, as all other books and its prequel by Lee Yeongdo was serialized first too. After the conclusion of the serial, the book was later published through [[Golden Branch company]] into 8 smaller books.
=== Serialization ===
As Lee's all multi-volume series, such as ''[[Dragon Raja]]''(1998) and ''The Bird That Drinks Tears,''(2002) ''The Bird That Drinks Blood'' was serialized on a [[Serial (literature)|serial]] forum of an [[online service provider]], [[Hitel]], "from the Christmas of 2003 to Christmas of 2004, exactly a year."<ref name="donga blood">{{cite news|publisher=Dong-a Ilbo
|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=020&aid=0000307790|title=Dragon Raja's Megahit Fantasy Author Lee Yeongdo's Newest, The Bird That Drinks Blood|date=14 July 2005 | accessdate=26 August 2011| location=Seoul | first=Gitae|last=Kwon}}</ref> It is the last of Lee's works to be on the forum before Hitel's closure in 2007. It is also his longest work to date. (August 2011)<ref>''Dragon Raja'' is 12,000 ''wongoji''(a Korean form of [[Genkō_yōshi]]) pages long, which is equivalent of 1715 letter pages, while ''The Bird That Drinks Blood'' is 16,000 ''wongoji'' pages long, equivalent of 2,286 letter pages.{{cite news|publisher=Financial News
|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=103&oid=014&aid=0000186252|title=''The Bird that Drinks Blood'' Fantasy Author Lee Yeongdo "Fantasy is my own creative world"|date=3 August 2005 | accessdate=26 August 2011|location=Seoul | first=Hui-seok|last=Ji}}</ref>


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=== Publication ===
*Book 1-''The Emperor Hunter''
[[Golden Bough]], an [[imprint]] of Minumsa Publishing Group, has been Lee's publisher since 1998, and also runs an online community site for the fans of Lee's works. After ''The Bird That Drinks Blood'' was completed, in January 2005 the publisher called for volunteer "reader editors" at the website, to come meet the author at the publisher's office where they could talk about their requests and ideas about how the book should be printed.<ref name="dokja">{{cite news|publisher=Dong-a Ilbo
*Book 2-''The Archcommander of the Empire''
|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=020&aid=0000288481|title=Fierce fans who outdo the author|date=9 March 2005 | accessdate=20 August 2011|location=Seoul | first=Gitae | last=Kwon}}</ref> ''The Bird That Drinks Blood'' was published in July 2005 in 8 hardcover volumes.<ref name="blood 8">{{cite book |title= The Bird That Drinks Blood 8, The One That Treads on The Sky|last= Lee|first= Yeongdo|authorlink= Lee Yeongdo|year= 2008|publisher= Golden Bough, Inc.|location= Seoul|isbn= 8982739327|url= |accessdate=}}
*Book 3-''The Ruler of the Bloodshed''
</ref> Each volume's title is as follows:
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*Book 4-''The One That Wields Fire''

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*Book 5-''The Master of Balkene''
*Book 6-''The Lekon That Walks In The Rain''
*Volume 1: ''The Emperor Hunter''
*Book 7-''The One That Burns Self''
*Volume 2: ''The General-in-Chief of the Empire''
*Book 8-''The One That Treads On The Sky
*Volume 3: ''The Ruler of the Bloodshed''
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*Volume 4: ''The One That Wields Fire''
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*Volume 5: ''The Master of Balkene''
*Volume 6: ''The Lekon That Walks in the Rain''
*Volume 7: ''The One That Burns Self''
*Volume 8: ''The One That Treads on The Sky''


== Races ==
== Races ==
The fictional world of ''The Bird That Drinks Tears'' is inhabited by four chosen people, four races with their own deity - humans, [[naga (The Bird Series)|nagas]], [[lekons]] and [[dokkebi (The Bird Series)|dokkebis]].


== Rumors and hopes for a Trilogy, or a Tetralogy ==
The fictional world of ''The Bird That Drinks Tears'' is inhabited by four major intelligent races - Human, [[naga (The Bird Series)|naga]], [[lekon]] and [[dokkebi (The Bird Series)|dokkebi]]. Other than the humankind, the races that appear in ''The Bird That Drinks Tears'' are in most respects [[Lee Yeongdo]]'s original creations, even though the race of naga and dokkebi originates from Indian and Korean legends, respectively.
After ''[[The Bird That Drinks Tears]]'' and ''The Bird That Drinks Blood'', some readers wonder and hope that Lee would write the Bird series as a full [[tetralogy]], because of an old tale told by the legendary [[Kitalger Hunters]] in ''The Bird That Drinks Tears'':
<br>
:<br>There are four brother birds.<br>Their appetites were all different.<br>They were the bird that drinks water, the bird that drinks blood, the bird that drinks poison, and the bird that drinks tears.<br><br>The one that lives the longest of them is the bird that drinks blood.<br>Then, which one would live the shortest?<br><br>It is the bird that drinks tears, because he drinks tears of others.<br><br>The bird that drinks blood lives the longest, because he drinks what is so precious that no one wants to shed it out of their body.<br>The body sheds tears on its own. How harmful it must be, for the body to shed it so?<br>One that drinks such harmful thing would not live long.<br><br>But it is said; the bird that drinks tears sings the most beautiful songs.<br><br>The bird that drinks blood live the longest, because he drinks what is so precious that nobody wants to give out.<br>But because he stinks of blood no one goes near.<ref name="four birds">{{cite book |title= The Bird that Drinks Tears 1, Naga, the Extractor of the Heart|last=Lee |first=Yeongdo |authorlink=Lee Yeongdo |year=2003 |publisher=Golden Bough |location=Seoul |isbn=8982735747 |page=366 |chapter=4. The King-eating Monster}}</ref>
<br>
One part of the tale about the other two birds are told in ''The Bird That Drinks Blood'':
<br>
:Poison is the gentlest and water is the sharpest. If you give poison one falls asleep, but if you pour water, one springs up.<br>The bird that flies the fastest is the bird that drinks poison, and the bird that flies the slowest is the bird that drinks water.<ref name="poison water">{{cite book |title= The Bird that Drinks Blood 2, The General-in-chief of the Empire|last=Lee |first=Yeongdo |authorlink=Lee Yeongdo |year=2005 |publisher=Golden Bough |location=Seoul |isbn=8982739335 |page=24|chapter=6. The Stone in the Wind}}
</ref>
<br>
Lee's fans voice hope online that Lee would at least write ''The Bird That Drinks Poison,'' if ''The Bird That Drinks Water'' isn't dramatic enough for a fantasy title.{{citation needed|August 2011}} When asked about this in interviews, Lee denies any plans for another sequel on his part, saying "I don't know anything for now. I have no plans."<ref name="financial"></ref>
In a 2008 interview, when asked "we understand that writing the "Bird" series has not been finished. Please let us know your future writing plans," Lee answered laughing: "there are lots of rumors[...] About this 'Bird' series too. I never declared that I would write a series, but before I knew it, the new quartet or new saga has become the ambition of this typer's life. Well. If a story that I want to type comes up I will type it, if not I won't type it. I don't have any ambitious plan going 'I will type before I die!'"<ref name="fantastique">{{cite journal |last1= Fantastique |first1= Editorial staff|last2= |first2= |year= 2008|title=The fastidious "typer" who hit the keys searching for fun |journal= Fantastique Monthly|volume= 9|issue= |pages= |publisher= |doi= |url= |accessdate= }}</ref>


== Series ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
''The Bird That Drinks Blood'' is a sequel to the [[The Bird That Drinks Tears]]. Many do not see ''The Bird That Drinks Blood''' as a mere sequel, but two novels each smaller of a bigger series.
* [http://cafe.naver.com/bloodbird.cafe Lee Yeongdo Official Publication Cafe] (Korean)

* [http://cgi.chol.com/~hspia/wiki/tearbird/wiki.pl The fan-made wiki database of ''The Bird That Drinks Tears'' and ''The Bird That Drinks Blood''] (Korean)
It is expected that Lee Yeongdo will write two more sequels, because of the quote in the series that mentions four birds. In the book there is a riddle about [[Four Bird Brothers|four bird brothers]]. One bird drank water, one drank poison, one drank blood and one drank tears. The riddle asks who of the four birds will die first. This riddle appears repeatedly throughout both [[The Bird That Drinks Tears]] and ''The Bird That Drinks Blood'', and is entwined with many of the themes that run through two series.

Because of this riddle, many people expect that Lee Yeongdo will write two more sequels to this Bird series, ''The Bird That Drinks Poison'' and ''The Bird That Drinks Water''. However, Lee Yeongdo has not yet confirmed this rumour and whether he would actually continue to finish all four birds is still unknown.


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Revision as of 01:31, 2 September 2011

The Bird That Drinks Blood
피를 마시는 새
AuthorLee Yeongdo
Cover artistLee Su-yeon
LanguageKorean
SeriesLee Yeongdo's Bird (tentatively)
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherGolden Bough
Publication placeSouth Korea
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN8982739319 (8 volumes) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
Preceded byThe Bird That Drinks Tears 

The Bird That Drinks Blood (Korean: 피를 마시는 새 Peeru'l mashinuun saeh, abbreviated as 피마새 Pimasae) is a series of Korean fantasy novels by Lee Yeongdo. Set in the same world of Lee's previous work The Bird That Drinks Tears, the stories depict clashes between absolute power and free will with the backdrop of the Neo Arajit Empire (Korean: 신 아라짓 제국) that's ruled over by flying capital Skywhere (Korean: 하늘누리).[1][2] The Empress Governheaven[1] of the Empire secures the eternal empire against the Lekons and rebellious forces, but it is gradually revealed that behind the endless conflicts and confusion the Empress's ambitions and plots have played a major part as well.[3] The story begins with four people; Jimen the Emperor Hunter and an one-eyed human girl Asil, whose dream of an independent nation of Lekons have been ruthlessly suppressed by the Empress, on whom they swore to wreak vengeance; the General-in-Chief Elsi who took the marches of a margrave who formed a faction to defy the Empress, and Jeong U, the margrave's daughter.[4]

Korean press has compared Lee's the Bird series to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth works, in the aspect that Lee constructed languages and created geography, vegetation, and history that pans several thousand years. "Moreover, unlike Tolkien who set the virtual history simply as a mythical battleground of good and evil, in Lee's world the moving history, politics, industries and cultural background are constructed in such great detail that this another world feels real and urgent, and sucks you in."[4] The Korean overtones of the world was also acclaimed. The ancient language of Arajit is based on the Proto-Korean language. The undefeated general Elsi enjoys a game of baduk while other characters enjoy traditional Korean folk games such as Ssireum and Yut Nori, and Jeong U dresses in what is similar to Hanbok and wears a binyeo in her hair. The Empire's system of rank and office is modeled after that of Silla and Goryeo.[2]

Serialization and publication

Serialization

As Lee's all multi-volume series, such as Dragon Raja(1998) and The Bird That Drinks Tears,(2002) The Bird That Drinks Blood was serialized on a serial forum of an online service provider, Hitel, "from the Christmas of 2003 to Christmas of 2004, exactly a year."[3] It is the last of Lee's works to be on the forum before Hitel's closure in 2007. It is also his longest work to date. (August 2011)[5]

Publication

Golden Bough, an imprint of Minumsa Publishing Group, has been Lee's publisher since 1998, and also runs an online community site for the fans of Lee's works. After The Bird That Drinks Blood was completed, in January 2005 the publisher called for volunteer "reader editors" at the website, to come meet the author at the publisher's office where they could talk about their requests and ideas about how the book should be printed.[6] The Bird That Drinks Blood was published in July 2005 in 8 hardcover volumes.[7] Each volume's title is as follows:

  • Volume 1: The Emperor Hunter
  • Volume 2: The General-in-Chief of the Empire
  • Volume 3: The Ruler of the Bloodshed
  • Volume 4: The One That Wields Fire
  • Volume 5: The Master of Balkene
  • Volume 6: The Lekon That Walks in the Rain
  • Volume 7: The One That Burns Self
  • Volume 8: The One That Treads on The Sky

Races

The fictional world of The Bird That Drinks Tears is inhabited by four chosen people, four races with their own deity - humans, nagas, lekons and dokkebis.

Rumors and hopes for a Trilogy, or a Tetralogy

After The Bird That Drinks Tears and The Bird That Drinks Blood, some readers wonder and hope that Lee would write the Bird series as a full tetralogy, because of an old tale told by the legendary Kitalger Hunters in The Bird That Drinks Tears:


There are four brother birds.
Their appetites were all different.
They were the bird that drinks water, the bird that drinks blood, the bird that drinks poison, and the bird that drinks tears.

The one that lives the longest of them is the bird that drinks blood.
Then, which one would live the shortest?

It is the bird that drinks tears, because he drinks tears of others.

The bird that drinks blood lives the longest, because he drinks what is so precious that no one wants to shed it out of their body.
The body sheds tears on its own. How harmful it must be, for the body to shed it so?
One that drinks such harmful thing would not live long.

But it is said; the bird that drinks tears sings the most beautiful songs.

The bird that drinks blood live the longest, because he drinks what is so precious that nobody wants to give out.
But because he stinks of blood no one goes near.[8]


One part of the tale about the other two birds are told in The Bird That Drinks Blood:

Poison is the gentlest and water is the sharpest. If you give poison one falls asleep, but if you pour water, one springs up.
The bird that flies the fastest is the bird that drinks poison, and the bird that flies the slowest is the bird that drinks water.[9]


Lee's fans voice hope online that Lee would at least write The Bird That Drinks Poison, if The Bird That Drinks Water isn't dramatic enough for a fantasy title.[citation needed] When asked about this in interviews, Lee denies any plans for another sequel on his part, saying "I don't know anything for now. I have no plans."[4] In a 2008 interview, when asked "we understand that writing the "Bird" series has not been finished. Please let us know your future writing plans," Lee answered laughing: "there are lots of rumors[...] About this 'Bird' series too. I never declared that I would write a series, but before I knew it, the new quartet or new saga has become the ambition of this typer's life. Well. If a story that I want to type comes up I will type it, if not I won't type it. I don't have any ambitious plan going 'I will type before I die!'"[10]

References

  1. ^ a b See the discussion page about the translations.
  2. ^ a b Chung, Cheon-ki (11 July 2005). "Lee Yeongdo's fantasy novel The Bird that Drinks Blood is out". Seoul: Yonhap News. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b Kwon, Gitae (14 July 2005). "Dragon Raja's Megahit Fantasy Author Lee Yeongdo's Newest, The Bird That Drinks Blood". Seoul: Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Ji, Hui-seok (3 August 2005). "The Bird that Drinks Blood Fantasy Author Lee Yeongdo "Fantasy is my own creative world"". Seoul: Financial News. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  5. ^ Dragon Raja is 12,000 wongoji(a Korean form of Genkō_yōshi) pages long, which is equivalent of 1715 letter pages, while The Bird That Drinks Blood is 16,000 wongoji pages long, equivalent of 2,286 letter pages.Ji, Hui-seok (3 August 2005). "The Bird that Drinks Blood Fantasy Author Lee Yeongdo "Fantasy is my own creative world"". Seoul: Financial News. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  6. ^ Kwon, Gitae (9 March 2005). "Fierce fans who outdo the author". Seoul: Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  7. ^ Lee, Yeongdo (2008). The Bird That Drinks Blood 8, The One That Treads on The Sky. Seoul: Golden Bough, Inc. ISBN 8982739327.
  8. ^ Lee, Yeongdo (2003). "4. The King-eating Monster". The Bird that Drinks Tears 1, Naga, the Extractor of the Heart. Seoul: Golden Bough. p. 366. ISBN 8982735747.
  9. ^ Lee, Yeongdo (2005). "6. The Stone in the Wind". The Bird that Drinks Blood 2, The General-in-chief of the Empire. Seoul: Golden Bough. p. 24. ISBN 8982739335.
  10. ^ Fantastique, Editorial staff (2008). "The fastidious "typer" who hit the keys searching for fun". Fantastique Monthly. 9.
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