03-13-2012, 12:39 PM
It's a trilogy, but Jin Yong lost interest after the first two and never finished the third. Fortunately L. Ron Hubbard offered to write the third one from the grave, for which we should all be thankful, and I believe I ventured into make-believe-land...
Here's what wikipedia says:
The Deer and the Cauldron has been translated into English by John Minford, published in three volumes from 1997 to 2002. Several minute details were paraphrased and omitted in the translation.
Me again. Book 2, for whatever reason, is the really expensive one. The first and third books can be had for maybe $30 each. But that middle one is 6 times more expensive.
Sure, DM, if you want to borrow Book 1, that'd be fine. And if you have Book 2 or 3, I'd be interested in borrowing it. I'm a notoriously slow reader. I mean, I read slower than I eat (I chew food up into individual quarks). So trying to read the library copy in 3 weeks might be tough. Also, I do not trust the interlibrary loan form I filled out. It is just ambiguous enough to make me suspect they'll send me book 1 by mistake. We'll see.
I actually saw a couple reviews of book 2. It sounds very scattered and off the wall, so it may just be more loose threads and I'll ultimately be disappointed. But I still want to give it a go.
Here's what wikipedia says:
The Deer and the Cauldron has been translated into English by John Minford, published in three volumes from 1997 to 2002. Several minute details were paraphrased and omitted in the translation.
Me again. Book 2, for whatever reason, is the really expensive one. The first and third books can be had for maybe $30 each. But that middle one is 6 times more expensive.
Sure, DM, if you want to borrow Book 1, that'd be fine. And if you have Book 2 or 3, I'd be interested in borrowing it. I'm a notoriously slow reader. I mean, I read slower than I eat (I chew food up into individual quarks). So trying to read the library copy in 3 weeks might be tough. Also, I do not trust the interlibrary loan form I filled out. It is just ambiguous enough to make me suspect they'll send me book 1 by mistake. We'll see.
I actually saw a couple reviews of book 2. It sounds very scattered and off the wall, so it may just be more loose threads and I'll ultimately be disappointed. But I still want to give it a go.