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Novoland (Chinese: 九州; pinyin: Jiǔzhōu) is a media franchise consisting of thirty books by seven principal authors. It details a shared fictional universe, with a known world of three continents and nine provinces; divided into the prosperous Eastern Land and the nomadic Eight Tribes. It spans a history of 10000 years divided into 10 eras and about 16 dynasties. The project was started in early 2000s, inspired by the film Lord of the Rings.

Novels

Jiang Nan (江南)

  • Novoland: Eagle Flag:
  • Novoland: Eagle Flag 1 - Wasteland (九州·缥缈录I·蛮荒)
  • Novoland: Eagle Flag 2 - Ancient Clouds and Teeth (九州·缥缈录II·苍云古齿)
  • Novoland: Eagle Flag 3 - Famous Generals (九州·缥缈录III·天下名将)
  • Novoland: Eagle Flag 4 - War Against Chenyue (九州·缥缈录IV·辰月之征)
  • Novoland: Eagle Flag 5 - Lifetime Alliance (九州·缥缈录V·一生之盟)
  • Novoland: Eagle Flag 6 - Soul of Leopard (九州·缥缈录VI·豹魂)
  • Novoland Assassin's Kingdom - Sunflower (九州·刺客王朝·葵)
  • Novoland Assassin's Kingdom - Lotus (九州·刺客王朝·莲)
  • Novoland: Maneuver - Dragon Slayer (九州·捭阖录·屠龙之主)
  • 九州·飘零书·商博良
  • 九州·飘零书·归墟

Pan Haitian (潘海天)

  • Novoland: The Dark Veld (九州·白雀神龟) (2006)
  • Novoland: Rock Labyrinth (九州·铁浮图) (2007)
  • Novoland: Tales of the Dead (九州·死者夜谈) (2008)
  • Novoland: Advance of the Dark Moon (九州·暗月将临)

Jinhezai (今何在)

  • Storm of Prophecy (海上牧云记)
  • Legend of Winged Tribe (羽传说)

Zhan'an (斩鞍)

Unlike other authors, he focuses on commoner's tales rather than heroes and monarchs.

  • Novoland: Traveler (九州·旅人)
    • 九州·怀人
    • 九州·柏舟
    • 九州·流火
    • 九州·白驹
    • 九州·博上灯
    • 九州·山中鼓
    • 九州·水晶劫
    • 九州·落花溪
    • 九州·崔罗石
    • 九州·秋林箭
  • Novoland: Tales of Beauties (九州·朱颜记)
  • 九州·青蘅传

Tang Que (唐缺)

He wrote mostly short novels telling a single event rather than long epics.

  • Novoland: Hero (九州·英雄) (2007)
  • Novoland: Trace of the star (九州·星痕) (2009)
  • 九州·云之彼岸 (2009)
  • 九州·龙痕 (2009)
  • Novoland: Revival (九州·轮回之悸) (2010)
  • 九州·丧乱之瞳 (2011)
  • 九州·魅灵之书 (2011)
  • Novoland: The Son of Darkness (九州·黑暗之子) (2013)

Live adaption

Year English Title Chinese Title Notes
2015 Hua Xu Yin: City of Desperate Love 九州·华胥引 Based on the novel of the same name by 唐七公子
2016 Novoland: The Castle in the Sky 九州·天空城 Based on an original story
2017 Legend of the Naga Pearls 鲛珠传 Set in the same premise as Novoland: The Castle in the Sky
2017 Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy 九州·海上牧云记 Based on the novel of the same name by Jin Hezai
2019 Novoland: Eagle Flag 九州·缥缈录 Based on the novel of the same name by Jiang Nan
2020 Novoland: The Castle in the Sky 2 九州·天空城2 Sequel to Novoland: The Castle in the Sky
TBA Novoland: Pearl Eclipse 九州·斛珠夫人 Based on the novel of the same name by Xiao Ruse

References