![]() ![]() Writing about Jin Yong was also my original introduction to literary criticism and represents my earliest attempt to work in the field. In fact, while it’s quite rough around the edges, my essay about Hong Qigong was a test balloon for much of what I’ve been trying to do in this space recently. ![]() I have previously read Legend of the Condor Heroes via fan translations. However I did decide I’d space out my reading of the volumes to allow me to better keep up with my theory reading and to allow me to read a few other books that I have planned essays about (look for essays about A Wizard of Earthsea and a return to The Invisibles in the intermediate future – I want to make some revisions from my too-surface Hegelian read of the latter work.) Needless to say I put it under pre-order. Then I discovered that the fourth volume had been pushed back from a March release date to an August one… on the day I went to the store to buy it. ![]() Originally I’d intended to read all four volumes of the recent translation of Legend of the Condor Heroes back to back and then to write an essay after completing that effort. ![]() One of the unexpected impacts of the Coronavirus crisis of 2020-21 has been the delay of certain expected book releases. ![]()
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