Youngdo Lee

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1. outline

2. characteristic

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He is the highest level of Korean fantasy novel writers and represents Korean fantasy genre literature .[8]

The first work, Dragon Raja, at Hitel [9] Serial bulletin board[10] It became popular while serialized and achieved considerable commercial success after publication. More than 2.1 million copies of Dragon Raja have been sold, which is a high number of copies by itself, but considering that it was first published at the IMF , it can be said that it is comparable to the exorcism record . His representative works include his debut film, Dragon Raja , and the Birds that Drink Tears and Birds that Drink Blood series, which are famous for their outstanding perfection and original worldview .

As a first-generation writer, it also served as a catalyst for the formation of the Korean fantasy fandom. However, because of that, after the publication of Dragon Raja, a flood of mass-produced fantasy that was written by copying numerous D&D materials also occurred.

It maintains a close exclusive relationship with Golden Branch Publishing House . Except for some short stories , all of his novels were published through Golden Branch, and since Hitel, he has been publicly active only on Golden Branch's web novel platform BritG .

Little is revealed about his personal history. Based on what is known so far, we can say that he lives in Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do, that he graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature, that his parents run an orchard, that writer Lee Young-do helps out with the orchard work in his free time, and that he has a younger brother who works at the National Tax Service. As a result, there were rumors about a new identity. There are two main reasons: the rumor that he originally wanted to be a pure writer, but after eating seaweed soup at various spring literary contests, he decided that it would be difficult to say what he wanted to say through pure literature , so he turned to the genre of fantasy literature, and the rumor that he was originally an essayist. Since I majored in Korean language and literature, such rumors seem to have spread even more. However, it is said that this is not true and that he started writing the 'Dragon Raja' series while working as a computer academy instructor in Masan.[11] He also directly addressed these rumors in an interview with Fantastic .

Fantastic: I understand that the writing of the 'Birds' series is not over yet. In addition to ' Birds that drink blood ' and ' Birds that drink tears ', there are stories about birds that drink 'water' and 'poison'. Please tell us about your future writing plans.

Youngdo Lee: Haha. There are a lot of nonsense. The story that the batter was originally an essayist or that he knocked on a fantasy in a fit of anger after repeatedly failing at the New Year's Literary Contest is no longer ridiculous. Lee Yeong-do, who wrote the essay, is Mrs. Lee Yeong-do , the founder of the poet , and has never been to the New Year's Literary Contest. It's the same with this 'new' series. I never said I would write a series, but before I knew it, a new quartet or a new saga had become a batter's lifelong ambition. well. Using that background, if I can think of a story I want to tap, I'll tap it, and if not, I won't tap it. There is no ambitious plan to 'knock before I die'.

2.1. Pursuit of literature

In terms of commerciality , he is also a representative fantasy writer in Korea , or in genre novels, he is also a writer who puts more weight on literaryity than commerciality. While most domestic fantasy novelists pursue commerciality and entertainment, Lee Young -do chose fantasy as a means of expressing a topic or story he wanted to say.[12] I wrote the point of writing, 'The reason I use fantasy is that the tool to express my thoughts best is fantasy.'[13] In this regard, it is similar to the cut bonnie who wrote satire and black comedy novels based on SF .

2.2. handwriting

Telling a natural worldview story
He is a writer who is highly regarded for his storytelling and writing skills . From the elaborate and meticulously structured story line to the waterless, he has the skill to unfold it in a fun and probable way, as well as the ability to understand the worldview perfectly without much explanation. In particular, in an interview, I once said that the worldview of a work is like the root of a tree, so if it is exposed on the surface, it will die.[14]

Therefore, Lee Young-do's novels never go into lengthy explanations of the background settings of the work . Even though it may be unkind in the worldview or setting description,[15] , after reading, the world view of the work is naturally drawn. These characteristics are proof that Lee Young-do's writing skills are that great. In general, it is extremely rare for a writer to understand the world view without description, and this is especially true when explaining a completely unique world like Nunmasae.

eloquent and witty sentences
There is a lot of talk about his unique thesis-style writing style, but among genre novelists, he is famous for his elegant writing skills, along with Bok Geo-il and Jeon Min-hee . Even without much effort in describing the scene, the descriptive power of depicting the entire scene and the extraordinary description that captures both the visual and emotional aspects of the object are noteworthy. However, these characteristics are only revealed from the new series, and the Raja series also appears to use onomatopoeia/mimetic words from time to time.

The overall writing style focuses on very heavy words and the sentences tend to be long. Although it looks heavy and uses a lot of Chinese characters, the subtly humorous writing style reached its peak in the Masae series, fitting perfectly like a fish in water. However, the sentences in Nunmasae are more concise and contain more direct descriptions. The humorous side was not revealed except in a few cases. On the other hand, the follow-up work, Pimasae, has a writing style that reveals Lee Young-do's characteristics to the extreme. Its unique expressive power, made all the more delicious by calmly describing funny situations, is the best among Lee Young-do's novels of all time.[16] In addition, he is famous for frequently attempting metaphors and word play within sentences, and even describes simple situations.

Linkage between series
In addition, excluding single series such as Polaris Rhapsody, the 'Raja Series' and 'New Series' stand out for their identical series composition. Putting the shadow marks aside, the previous work took into consideration not only the writer's style but also commercial completeness, while the sequel was the same in that it focused on the writer's own tastes rather than commercial completeness and freely wrote the story he wanted to tell.

However, in the case of Future Walker, it can be said to be an experimental work without a doubt, but Pimasae has a great degree of completion on a grand scale, enough to have readers evaluating Snow Horse as a trailer. To put it bluntly, Polaris Rhapsody is a much more experimental and artistic work.

2.3. Directing ability

Genre-wise solid directing
Of course, he did not establish this level of standing in the world of genre literature solely with his attractive writing style. The plot composition and development ability is also very excellent, and it skillfully combines the fantastical and absurd elements that are acceptable in fantasy and the probability and verisimilitude that novels should have .[17] Yet, the ability to draw realistic, detailed, and sometimes bold and powerful plots clearly reflects writer Lee Young-do's capabilities.

In particular, his ability to use twists is very good, and each work often has one or two twists that hit the reader's head. Lee Young-do's fans also call this unexpected element the morning star on the fireplace . In Lee Young-do's novels, the twist is used as an element that contributes to the completeness of the work, beyond being a simple technique or a device that provides genre pleasure. In the representative work 'Bird' series, reversals are continuously used during the development to give dynamism to the narrative and at the same time provide flexibility in the development, and in Shadow Marks , a reversal narrative is shown using narrative tricks .

If you read the novel, you will know that this plays a big role in forming the identity of the work. Most of Lee Young-do's novels focus on the overall structure rather than momentary fun or attraction, weaving together numerous characters, and gaining the support of many fans by bringing out the fun that can only be felt within the framework of genre literature.

presentation of subject matter
After expressing concerns about his work being read peripherally in his very early work, Dragon Raja, he changed in many ways by presenting feature-length works such as Future Walker, Polaris Rhapsody, and Blood Drinking Bird . From the first person to the third person, from an action play to a narrative, as well as a narration method, the subject is materialized close to pure literature. This tendency is shown in all of Lee Young-do's works, and the only work that has completed all the classic stories is the bird that drinks tears .

This "reification of ideas" is extremely extreme in Polaris Rhapsody.[18] , It is a feature that has continued to ~ new series and short shadow marks since.

setting and features
On the other hand, unlike other genre novels, the setting is not revealed well.[19] In the author's comments during the series, he mentioned that as a writer, he does not want to reveal everything because he likes readers to freely imagine his work and does not want to interfere with it.[20]

In the same context, there is almost no description of the character's appearance.[21] Even the age range is not disclosed unless it describes the overall impression, has a distinctive feature, or is necessary for the development of the story. Jungwoo and Gyuriha, who have comparatively many descriptions of their appearance, are short, long black hair, and tall breasts.

2.4. Writing speed and publication cycle

Although he does not receive much attention due to the long gap between feature-length serials, he is a writer who boasts a frightening writing speed that makes it possible for him to serialize. All of Lee Young-do's full-length series were serialized on the Internet.[22] , the debut work Dragon Raja lasted only six and a half months , and Future Walker and Polaris Rhapsody lasted eight months.[23] , The Bird Who Drinks Tears was completed in four months, excluding a one-and-a-half month hiatus, and The Bird Who Drinks Blood was completed in exactly one year . Not only is it serialized quickly, but the volume is also enormous. If you roughly calculate the volume compared to the serialization cycle, it is nearly twice that of a typical web novel.[24] It's level. Even during this time, we took care of all the reader feedback and never had a long run.[25] , and considering that the completeness of the work and the level of writing have never been pointed out even though it was written at such a rapid pace, it is difficult to believe that it is not serialized in real time, but is written in advance and only published after reviewing.

We can think of two reasons for his phenomenal writing speed.

First, write it when you want to use it .
Second, great effort is put into the conception of the writing before the serialization begins.

The first reason is self-evident. As most full-time writers say, the speed of writing varies from time to time even if the same writer is given the same conditions. Most writers who write under a contract with the platform write while being chased by the absolute time limit of the deadline, and because of this, when they are in good condition and the article is selected well, they make a reserve for later, and then write on the day when they cannot write because they are not in good condition . Instead of writing, he consumes his stockpile to meet the deadline. And if the stockpile is exhausted due to reasons such as a prolonged slump or treatment for a chronic illness, it is inevitably announced and held throughout the year.

However, Lee Young-do sticks to the method of writing something he wants to write from the beginning , and as a successful writer, it is difficult for publishers to touch it, so he is free from the pressure of high fees and deadlines. And while the will to write is maintained, it is possible for any writer to extract text at a phenomenal speed.

The second reason can be inferred from his writing style. His work adheres to Lee Young-do's unique style to the extent that not only the writing style, but also the chapter structure and even the serial cycle can all be considered characteristics of the work. This was clearly revealed in The Bird Who Drinks Tears , which was serialized for a total of 62 episodes and 17 chapters, strictly following the format, and even when determining chapter titles, the rules of inserting the elements of tears/blood/poison/water according to certain rules were strictly followed.[26] The serialization cycle also strictly follows the format outside of the content, to the extent that it seems paranoid at first glance, such as strictly observing a 3-day break after 4 days of serialization, which is close to impossible without putting effort into advance planning before starting writing. If you start writing only after this amount of planning has been completed, it is not impossible to understand the uniquely fast writing speed.

In other words, it can be said that Lee Young-do's incredible speed of serialization is possible because he serializes what he wants to write when he wants to, after thorough preparation in advance, such as story and structure.

After the bird that drinks blood, he occasionally publishes short stories to show off his penmanship. As far as writing skills are concerned, there are readers who watch short stories more carefully than full-length novels. It stands out for its witty sentences, its ability to adjust the speed of development and use of suspense. Not only the Over the series, but most of the series, such as the Dusburn Kalparang series and the Handlake series, have a high degree of completion, which is related to the fact that the unique plot composition and satire of short stories go well with Lee Young-do's unique style.

2.5. Other Features

He seems to like human male prosecutor characters. Not only the main characters of the 5 long-length series, but also[27] In addition, the main characters of the work, including Tyr Strike and Dusburn Kalparang , are all male characters. test . Among these, except for Hooch Nedbal, all of the other protagonists also have in common that they are the strongest swordsmen in the story.[28] Besides, Hoochi ~~Thanks to~~ ~~OPG~~ , he has decent skills. The only exceptions are the protagonist-level male characters such as The Prophet of Shadows and Solocher from the Scenes from a Laboratory series .
The name of Geiner Kashnap is mentioned in almost every novel.
Perhaps because he has a taste for dragons , dragons always appear or are mentioned in Lee Young-do's full-length novels .
- The names of all dragons or dragons that appear are always five letters in Korean.
  - Dragon Raja Worldview : Cassell Prime , Gigolaid , Amurtaat , Kradmesser , Ailphesas , Protais , Siepriner , Silkyzray , Amerpara , Quadred , Tihalakard
  - Polaris Rhapsody Worldview: Laocones
  - Birds that drink tears / Birds that drink blood Worldview: Ashwarital , Quido Burita , Dog Food , Spoilers
  - Dusburn Kalfarang and Sarandite Story Worldview: Landeseliam, Hivakanair, Begceres, Kilopider, Herepuritde
  - Over the Series Worldview: Hustranel and Ferdaihal
  - Siha and Kantha's Chapter : Ahenrise
  At this point, it seems to be an obsession. ~~Even~~ ~~Dragon Lord~~ ~~has five letters!~~
- A dragon with an intelligent and noble tone appears.
  - Dragon Rajah 's Dragon Lord
  - Spoilers for The Bird That Drinks Blood
  - Chapter of Siha and Kantha, Aachenrise
  - Landeseliam in The Dragon of Aethoril, Herepuritde in Lord Erstham's Near-Death Message
- Four wings that appear occasionally Darlin' Dragon is his favorite.
The names of sisters, brothers and sisters are related to each other.
Things like Gilcian Visus , Nilsian Visus , Demilenos Visus , Nami V. Graciel and Par L. Graciel , Sopala Rimfire and Sosara Rimfire , Saramal Isol and Paramal Isol .
Puck is an adverb that is used a lot. In the early works, represented by Dragon Raja and Future Walker, I used it a lot to the point where it felt almost awkward. Likewise, the expression 'outrageous' appears often when looking at the eyes.
There is a great king, the progenitor. DR/FW's King Ruterino , PR's Adaltan , and the new series ' King of Heroes .
There is at least one race that has disappeared from the world.
【Details (spoiler alert)】
The eighth race that makes up the eight stars in Dragon Raja
Elves in Polaris Rhapsody
The first (fifth) race ruled by a god who cannot see himself in The Weeping Bird
A giant from the Over the series .
The characters in his works are mostly purely literary, but there are times when a character with some light novel-like characteristics appears.
- Future Walker 's Isle Pesas
- Deoni Dalbi in The Bird Who Drinks Tears

When the characters in the novel, especially the eloquent characters, speak at length alone in a series of long sentences, there are several scenes where they say "Yes," at least once in the middle of the sentence, interrupting themselves to catch their breath, and then speaking again. The same characteristics are found in the author's interview, and it seems to be an example of the author's own way of speaking influencing the characters.

And, knowingly or not, he is a writer who has been influenced quite a lot by SF .

Ursula Sarmark in the new series Drinking ~ is supposedly a twist on Ursula by Ursula K. Le Guin .
The story structure of The Bird Who Drinks Blood is similar to Foundation and Dune .
Kagan Draka , B-Hyung Sravel , and Tinahan from The Bird That Drinks Tears are the three main characters in Larry Niven 's novel Ringworld (a 200-year-old human, a cowardly alien with terrifying scientific power, and an alien with mighty power and disposition) . Similar to
The main events of Blood Drinking Bird are similar to those of Foundation . ( See the new article Drinking Blood .)
The arctic crossing of the blood-drinking bird is similar to the polar crossing scene in Ursula K. Le Guin 's Left Hand of Darkness .

3. Criticism

It is a writer who is recognized in many ways, but there is no drawback. As Song Kyung -a novelist mentioned in the Polaris Rhapsody commentary , there are some disadvantages that are pointed out, such as translator, consistent characters, latter parts, and cuts. In the case of consistent characters, the moonside appears one by one, or the main character's group is similar. It is also criticized for the nature of all the characters as 'Lee Young -do'.

unkind ending
The ending of every article has its own distinct ending... … There is no interest in other options at this time.
Youngdo Lee
Most of the stories are ended with an open ending , which can be said to be an extreme case in which the artist uses the work as a means of expression. However, because of the lack of abilities, he does not have to make a story he has made properly, but it is close to unkindness because it is finished and finished. Because of this, short stories that are not big are highly regarded. Because there are not many things to finish.
Excessive subject consciousness dependence
In the above article and various interviews, the fantasy is a tool for delivering the subject, and Lee Young -do's fantasy, which melted various philosophical thoughts on a solid narrative, is a reason for differentiated and highly regarded from later generation fantasy novels, It is a disagreement by saying that 'it is acting' and 'characters are used as a tool to convey the theme consciousness.' In the case of Dragon Rajana or Eyes, it is regarded as a masterpiece that satisfies both sides, but in the case of follow -up Future Walker or Pima Sae, excessive dependence on topic consciousness is highlighted and the evaluation is mixed. In particular, this is combined with the shortcomings of a consistent character, and is criticized for 'characters are like long term'.
language play
The word play frequently used in the work has mixed opinions, and some readers dislike it, thinking it is nothing more than a play on words. In Pimasae, “I was moved beyond words when I read your poem. I would like to go to a quiet place over there and tell you how I was moved.” Imaginary conversations that go along the lines of, “Don’t talk nonsense about things that can’t be expressed in words,” are examples of witty expressions, but they can be frustrating in some cases, and if they require concentration at a riddle level, such as the wordplay and speaking style of Vinnie Hill and Deathfield , they can also be tiresome to the reader.
Stealing D&D Settings
It was a problem with the fact that D & D settings in the early work, Dragon Raja . See the Dragon Raja document for more information .

3.1. Feature

In fact, the above content is more of a writing characteristic and an element of difference in likes and dislikes rather than a problem or a point of criticism. The only drawback that stands out more than these minor details is the terrible gap in serialization. In fact, the cycle from the first work, Dragon Raja, to Blood Drinking Bird is approximately 1 to 2 years.[29] Compared to the quality and quantity, it was actually very fast. The problem is the gap in serialization since the full-length novel, Shadow Marks, was published in 2008. The gap in serialization was so long that the next novel, Over the Choice , was not released until 10 years later. Of course, short stories were constantly being published, but the full-length story that readers wanted was Gamgammu News.

According to the news from the publisher, I don't intend to write a feature, but it seems that the quality isn't coming out as much as I want. It is said that the 10th anniversary special edition of the bird that drinks tears planned in 2012 was scrapped for this reason. The publisher said they were very satisfied, but the author himself said he didn't like it. What can I do?

Because of this, fans were in a resigned mood, saying that Lee Young-do's new work would not be released until after Tinahan , who ascended to the throne, returns. In an interview with Lady Kyunghyang in January 2015, there was a line that said, 'If you don't take care of your health, you won't be able to see the next work.' There was also a saying that it only comes out when readers are old and about to die. Fortunately, with the serialization of Over the Choice in 2018, the first new full-length book in 10 years appeared. Afterwards, in 2020, 'The Chapter of Siha and Kanta', a novella but not a full-length novel, was published. And after Over the Choice, there was no news of a full-length novel, but Sir Erstham's Near-Death Message was published in the second half of 2025, becoming the first new full-length work in 7 years .

4. list of works

List of Lee Young-do works

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dragon raja series
			which laboratory landscape series
			Golem / Chimera / source of happiness

Polaris Rhapsody

new series
		Draws	you are my

over the series

The Story of Dusburn Kalparang and Sarandite
Ethoril's Dragon	Miners of Champai	at the Speran Book Fair	Eartham

Witanin series
About the translation of Kaiwapandom	About robots as saviors	about stargazing	About Multiple Mothers
other novels

Other novels
Chapter of Siha and Kantha

Other Short Stories
beautiful tradition	descendant of warriors	spring has come	of teleportation about the meaning

SINBIROUN STORY

eyes looking at me

NFFNSNC

short story
Lee Young-do fantasy short stories	over the horizon short story collection	about stargazing sci-fi short story collection

more detailsYoungdo Lee/List of works documentcastPlease note.

Please note that the series name that groups the works together is not official.

5. critique activity

Brit G Literature Award
- In May 2016, he served as the main reviewer for the 1st Golden Dragon Literary Award.
  Writing contains humans. No matter what kind of writing it is, writing is a vessel that contains humans, written by humans and read by humans. The most unfortunate thing about looking at the many writings submitted for the Golden Dragon Literary Award was that many of them were not written for humans, but only served the writing organism itself. If writing is a building, the mortar that binds the materials (material, theme, style, etc.) of the writing together to make it stand as a building will always have to be human. However, although there were many impressive materials, fragrant themes, and ingenious writing styles, it was very difficult to find the person who tied them all together.
  Excerpt from text
- In May 2016, he served as the main reviewer for the 2nd Golden Dragon Literary Award.
- In May 2016, I was in charge of the main review of the Body Snatcher Literary Contest.
- In January 2018, I was in charge of the main review of the 1st Urban Fantasy Novel Contest.
- In April 2019, I took part in the main review of the 4th Time Leap Novel Contest.

6. controversies and incidents

6.1. Korean fantasy debate

In 2001, in the Hitel serial section, military novelists Kim Kyeong-jin and Ahn Byeong-do cited Lee Woo -hyuk 's < The Exorcist Record > as an example, and criticized Lee Young-do by saying that he writes novels with a Western fantasy background and that he is a " Korean fantasy writer" and that "Lee Young-do does not write Korean fantasy novels."

Lee Young-do said, "I don't even know what Korean fantasy is. America wasn't ashamed of borrowing from Europe, and that's how they perfected the genre fantasy," and showed a reserved stance that they shouldn't be ashamed of borrowing from others and that if Koreans use it, Korean fantasy will naturally be formed. The analogy that Lee Young-do heard at that time was the Nine Dreams , that is, Nine Dreams, which is set in China and all the characters are Chinese, was whether it was a Chinese novel.[30]

And Lee Woo-hyuk, who was mentioned as a target of comparison after being silent, was puzzled by the public opinion and said, 'It is true that Korean fantasy is a topic that I am interested in, but I do not agree with the claim that Koreans should only write Korean fantasy, and personal attacks on this subject. It is not beneficial to do,' he wrote to Ahn Byeong-do and Kim Gyeong-jin to refrain from criticizing Lee Young-do.

For more information, refer to the Korean fantasy article , Kim Gyeong-jin .

Some readers have vaguely speculated that the controversy may have been one of the reasons why Lee Young-do wrote Nunmase, but there is no particular basis for that conclusion. First of all, during the course of the debate, Lee Young-do continued to maintain the position that the concept of 'Korean fantasy' itself was meaningless, and even showed a quite cynical response to the claim that 'Korean writers should consciously write Korean fantasy'. Moreover, looking at other cases, such as the response to a request to write a sequel to a popular previous work, it can be seen that Lee Young-do's writing style itself is 'as a writer, if there is a story I want to write, I write it' (whether it is the third part of the Dragon Raja series, the second part of Pollap, or the sequel to the new quartet, or the 'Korean fantasy' in question), and not with 'the purpose of writing a specific story' first and then writing a novel accordingly. However, there is no reason to highly evaluate the influence of this 'Korean fantasy controversy', as Lee Young-do kept it in his heart and was the impetus for writing Noonmosae.

Of course, Noonmosae itself was a critical work that effectively ended the so-called 'Korean fantasy debate' in the early 2000s, but that was just because Lee Young-do wrote the work he wanted to write, so the debate ended on his own. To say that he would have written a novel to end this debate is too much of an overestimation of the influence of a minor controversy, and is the exact opposite of Lee Young-do's officially stated position.

7. analects

If you apply science to fantasy, all that remains is futility. Fiction deals with reality , not reality . If you try to give a scientific or logical explanation to your dream, it's a pretty funny case.

The setting of a novel is like the root of a tree, so it needs to be vast and solid, but if it is revealed, the tree will dry up and die.

“If you tell me what literature is, I will also answer whether fantasy novels are literature.”
—An answer to literary critic Jeong Gwa-ri’s question, ‘Is fantasy literature?’

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you for your good interest.
16th grade ...
Although some children could have
It was a class that couldn't do that.
I hope it will be a meaningful year for everyone.

If you ask what's the best article, I hope I will be writing next time. I on the old day I wrote it I'm not particularly happy that the article is doing well.

Readers are always smarter than writers .

8. etc

I don't use SNS . They say they don’t even use KakaoTalk. Regarding tastes, as will be explained later, it is said that although he frequently uses the Internet, he does not visit communities or sites that require membership.

At the beginning of my career, I stuck to very long hair. If you look closely at the image at the top, you can see a hair tie tying up the hair. Fans reacted by telling him to cut his hair because they didn't like the sight(?), but since then, he can sometimes be seen with his hair cut short when he appears in interviews or events.

At the time of the old HiTel, the internet environment was not good overall and downtime occurred frequently, and Lee Young-do used to post after 1 a.m. to prevent this. And because it was 2 or 3 in the morning when all the uploaded content was read, fans would move around in the middle of the night and turn on Hi-Tel. So Lee Young-do's fandom nickname became Zombie , and Lee Young-do's nickname became Necromancer .
- Writer Lee Young-do always used to write “Have a good night ” in the postscript , but looking at the posts posted after 1:00 a.m., it is already the wrong time to have a good night...
- In the later stages of the bird drinking blood, the other returns to the grave. Have a good night afterwards . He also wrote:[31]

It is said that alcohol is quite strong . I also chose nicotine , alcohol , and caffeine as the driving force of creation , and there are many stories of toxic alcohol, tobacco and coffee in the late artist. In early 2013, the editor -in -chief of the golden branch went to the writer's writing room with reporters for interviews with the JoongAng Ilbo for more than eight hours. ~~The reporter and the editor -in -chief may not remember because the film was cut off~~ , and during the reviews of Hong Jung -hoon 's series, there was a story that he met with Lee Young -do.[32]

They are lenient when it comes to readers’ secondary creations. In fact, Lee Young-do also has fanzines of his original works in his study, and enjoys secondary creations, such as saving secondary creations of songs with lyrics or opening a fanfiction contest.

interview
“A creator is a person who has come forward to speak through his or her creation, but I don’t understand why they are asking the creator to speak.”
―Excerpt from 『Lord Erstham's Near-Death Message』[33]
The interviews are very unkind and bizarre. After all interviews, there are no answers that answer the interviewer's questions cool and clearly. The contents such as writing plan, work commentary, and personal image, which are commonly available in the novelist interviews, 'I don't know if I write a book of the story I want to write, I don't know if I want to write. " I don't think it is[34] ',' I don't know 'about social issues[35] It is consistent with an unkind and clumsy answer. On the other hand, if you do the current status of the genre market, fantasy that the artist thinks, your favorite book stories, and soccer stories, the answer is a bit kind.

When Lee Young -do's fans put on a cabinet, "Lee Young -do, learn and learn. It is often called. If you think about the problems of the Yangpa, there is room for that sound, but that shouldn't be possible if you are a fan of Lee Young -do. Lee Young -do also expressed a lot of discomfort in this behavior. In the late Future Walker, "I'm not writing for the writers who think I can trample other writings because I am a reader of my writing. I want those writers to go out and notice my writings right now." It's about 180 degrees different from the usual soft reviews.

It is said that he once acted in a play during his college days. At that time, there was a tradition of staging original plays with students acting on works written by students who dreamed of becoming screenwriters, but since there were very few male students in the Korean Language and Literature Department, they were often dragged in by their seniors.[36] , As I got older, I took on the role of director, but it is said that I have never written a play myself.

At the time of Hitel, he often posted an article about the correlation between #Game , art and fantasy on a discussion bulletin board.

He appeared in Radios Seonghwa's Cosmos Story , playing a rough and boisterous young man in his 20s. Although he appears midway through, he has quite a significant role, and of course, he also appears leading the Penguin (a short parody that appears after the first episode of Cosmos Story) with Hooch and the zombie army.

In 2016, he left the following New Year's greetings on Facebook, a publisher that has been publishing his work since D/R .
You gave me good words with constant interest
I sincerely thank all of you
I would like you to tell me.

Class of 16 is...
Although some children could have
It was a class that couldn't do that.
I hope it will be a meaningful year for everyone.
This New Year's greeting is considered a prestigious prestige in the Sewol ferry season until 2025, more than 10 years later.

Appeared as a member of the jury at the Urban Fantasy Literature Contest held at BritG . # It is said that some writers who were fans of Lee Young-do, whether they won the award or not, were read and evaluated by Lee Young-do.

In the new copyright export news # that brings tears to your eyes, the voice came out briefly, and the savory Masan dialect was excellent. Currently, it is the only material that contains the voices of others.

As the new series that brings tears to my eyes is published overseas, I am receiving invitations to visit from various countries, but I am rejecting all of them. #

8.1. related to taste

I have omnivorous tastes that include not only books but also most creative works. In the otaku world, it is famous for the amount of nonsense posts under the guise of a preview of the next episode of The Bird That Drinks Blood that anyone who is not a big fan of it would be tired of trying to find what it was parodying. In addition, in the interview, the nickname of Heroes of the Storm, space- gong, was accurately pointed out and its usage was pointed out.[37] In addition, relatively recent internet memes such as Kejangkon 's 'Do you see things like that?' and 'What do you know about the original work?' are also shown to be used as accurate examples.

As revealed in his work and himself, he is a Tolkienist and avid reader of The Lord of the Rings . The fantasy I encountered before The Lord of the Rings was Song of the Nibelungens , and although it is not a novel, it is said to be more interesting if read together with The Lord of the Rings. Another fantasy novel he said he liked was Ursula Le Guin 's Earthsea Chronicles .

I also like the science fiction genre as much as fantasy, and among them , I love Isaac Asimov's Foundation . In addition, it does not seem to discriminate much between genres, including mystery novels such as Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie , and even light novels such as Spice and Wolf .

According to this interview, he enjoys reading books by Jared Diamond and Richard Dawkins . Dawkins has been mentioned in other interviews as well as here. He has stated many times that he likes biology books, of course. Dr. Kim Woo-jae, a biologist, once posted a related post . The fact that the post title is 'Lee Young-do is a leftist evolutionist' is a highlight.

I like watching soccer games. Although he is a writer who rarely takes a break from writing, he once took a break until the end of the 2002 World Cup.

He also seems to enjoy playing games quite a bit. In fact, the late 90s to early 2000s, when author Lee Young-do (born in the early 70s) started his career, was the golden age of classic games when many popular games were released. It is not unusual for people who were active in PC communication and the Internet at this time to enjoy games even after getting older. The games that he clearly stated that he had played were Age of Exploration 2 , and RimWorld, which he has played since early access and enjoys watching online broadcasts .

It is said that he also watches internet broadcasts . Every time the Rim World mentioned above becomes popular among streamers, people watch Internet broadcasts and ask, ‘Why are you trying to play Rim World like StarCraft , you Koreans? Why do you have a Rimworld phone? 'I'm trying to do a hip twist !' It is said that while looking at the monitor, he experiences the pain of losing his temper for no reason and then cannot bear it and does it again.

8.2. Farmer Lee Young-do

I don’t take care of that persimmon tree.
Youngdo Lee

I don't really do anything other than write, and when I have time, I listen to what my parents do. It is said that they help out in the orchard . Since he is the best at using computers in his family, he also helps process online orders. So it seems like I send persimmons to Golden Branch Publishing every year.

There is a famous joke that a short story comes out whenever there is a bad harvest in the orchard. Fans who eagerly anticipate his follow-up even make rather wild jokes, such as the orchard must be set on fire . Of course, fans don't take Orchard Drip seriously either, just a cute protest to make it quick.

When people who actually run orchards appeared and reported that orchard prices go up and subsidies are provided when farming fails, it developed into a rumor that fruit prices should plummet due to a bumper harvest in orchards. Even when 'Over the Choice' was serialized, there was a joke that it was a card because it was actually being written again because the price had plummeted .

In the fiction-related community, Lee Young-do's orchard is recognized as a kind of devil's cave or holy ground. If a famous writer works all year round or does not write for a long time at some point, it is said that he was taken to "the orchard"... After working in his orchard for several years, he gives persimmons as a gift, and the bag in which he wraps the persimmons is part of his new plot. There are also jokes that reveal the wishes of the fans.

However, Lee Young-do himself does not seem to like this orchard drip. In May 2018, right before the new series of “Over the Choice” began, the editor-in-chief of Golden Branch tweeted and asked them to refrain from making analogies related to fruit farming to encourage writing activities. In an interview with Aladdin MD to commemorate the release of a new work in April 2020, when a question asked about persimmon trees, he replied, "I don't care for persimmon trees."[38] It is not a pleasant drip to set a fire in the first place or to lower the price, and sometimes it is not that there are no words to put these jokes into real practice, so it seems to be nerve-wracking.

Maybe that's why, at some point, the orchard jokes started to fade away. In the first place, writer Lee Young-do's overseas royalties alone were over 500 million won , so he was no longer at the stage where he could be preoccupied with the orchard's crops, and since he continued to write short stories, it seemed difficult to complain about not writing novels. So, from around the 2020s, persimmon stories appeared a little less often, but drips like " Lee Young-do is an overrated writer, so if you want to refute this, you have to prove it by using poisonous horses " increased.

8.3. Limited edition release, Lee Young-do battle

Lee Young-do usually does not publish a book while serializing like other Internet serial writers, but instead publishes a book after completing the series online, which refers to an event held by his regular publisher, Golden Branch . Since each limited edition release is carried out in a heated atmosphere and major incidents often occur, the author's fandom also calls it the Battle of Lee Young-do.

Aladdin, YES24, and sometimes Interpark also participate in the first-come-first-served event, but at this time, the server becomes overwhelmed. You can only own it once you clear the battlefield and complete the payment. Basically, it is an event that adds limited items to a book and closes on a first-come, first-served basis. There are mixed feelings between those who are prepared and those who are quick to press F5 and those who are not.

Since most of them are in the order of deposit, credit card payment or real-time account transfer is preferred over bank transfer. Some people completed the payment in 16 seconds. The event is only released through a channel operated by Golden Branch itself. Below is a list of limited edition sales.

Polaris Rhapsody Hardcover: An event that was limited to 500 copies at the time and had relatively little competition. It was said to be the first event related to Lee Young-do. Due to the relatively high price of 70,000 won, it was sold out in one month, but considering that the novel world was in a recession at the time and that it was a genre novel, the fact that it was sold out was quite a hot topic in the industry. Commonly known as Lee Young-do, it is the most precious item in the collection and is recognized as rare no matter where it is displayed.[39] The highest price was reportedly 1 million won. Afterwards, a regular hardcover diary (calendar) with the author's signature was given away for 60,000 won.

Autographed book event for a new book that drinks tears : With the publication of Eyes, an event was held in which one book was signed along with a paper box. At the time, the quantity was a bit generous, 800 copies. Originally, 500 copies were planned, but 300 copies were added in a hurry.

Blood-drinking Bird Signed Event: An event that proceeded almost the same as above, but caught fire as the limited components included Cheon-Gyeong-Birok (blank paper note.) and a calendar. The competition was fierce and, as usual, the joys and sorrows were mixed.

Dragon Raja Hardcover Event: Golden Bough's ambitious event. It is also an event in which zombies who have been thirsty since new games have not been released for a while suddenly arose. The luxurious limited edition, which includes a map, children's book, newly written short story, and gold leaf bookmark, wrapped in a luxurious wooden box, was given to the first 500 people on a first-come, first-served basis, and the price was the highest among all books (130,000 won).

It ended in exactly 5 minutes, and in the case of Aladdin, it ended in 1 minute and 10 seconds. Even the deadline unfolded below the second . Recruited from Yes24, Interpark, Aladdin, and offline bookstores. For the offline sale held at Hanyang Tunk , there were people waiting since closing time the previous day, and more than the 70 people assigned by reservation were already standing at the entrance of the bookstore when it opened.

There were a lot of incidents, such as during Dragon Raja , Yes 24 sent several people to the goal due to crazy payment errors, and Aladdin was overcrowded before the deadline and later eliminated registrants and pushed people who thought they had purchased into the abyss. Interpark came up, but the book couldn't be searched, so a horde of zombies flocked to the coordinates someone had found . In the end, it sold out instantly. On the way, Aladdin accidentally added 30 more people, but the publisher quickly canceled the portion to be sent to reporters and rescued 30 people. Later, a small amount entered Kyobo Bookstore.

As for the wooden box set, the wood and accessories were all imported, so the exchange rate was high and the color of the wood fluctuated, and the paper box set received an additional 500 copies on Wednesday the following week when the incident occurred. In the case of paper boxes, other online bookstores sold them from 4 o'clock, but Libro sold them from around 4:30 to save those who could not buy them(...) In the case of wooden box sets, there was a problem with some products being damaged during delivery, and when the problem was raised, Golden Branch, which hosted the event, received the damage and provided after-sales service. From minor cases such as scratches and dents, There were quite a few problems, such as damage to hinges and locking mechanisms, and there were even cases so serious that the person in charge said, "Did you play basketball with the box? " Additionally, the delivery company was Sagawa Courier, which had previously had a bad reputation .

There were a lot of typos in the first edition, so fans directly pointed them out and delivered them to the person in charge. For parts where important lines were missing, stickers were made and distributed by mail. Of course, it was possible to exchange for a second printing, but since the first edition was signed by Lee Young-do, no one wanted to exchange it. Even as of 2023, more than 10 years later, it is still being traded as used for hundreds of thousands of won.

Limited edition to commemorate the new 20th anniversary of drinking tears

Limited edition to commemorate the new 20th anniversary of drinking blood

Sir Erstham's Near-Death Message Signed Copy Event
An event for a signed copy of Sir Erstham's Near-Death Message, which has been released as a full-length novel for the first time in 7 years. It was produced in small quantities and sold out quickly in 1-2 minutes.

8.4. Works derived sweetfish

Since it is an old and popular artist, there are many derived terms, memes, and sweetfish derived from the work.

Dragon Raja -Magic Autumn
It has become a word meaning DTD in the baseball world . So, it means that when fall comes, it falls as if under a spell. Additionally, if something happens in the fall, it is also called a magical fall.

Polaris Rhapsody -Morning Star on the fireplace
An idiom created by fans to describe Lee Young-do's unique twist, comparing it to Anton Chekhov's gun. See documentation for more details

new series
- bird drinking poison
  Fans are used as internet memes because they do not come out of the new series and do not come out with a feature novel under the title. See the document for more information
- mirinim
  Silver, or fake pure fish that speaks differently from Naga's Nirum. See the document for more information.

9. external link

[1] He was born in Busan, but has been living in Masan since he was two years old.[2] According to the department history, an alumnus of the class of '91 in 1991[3] It is said to work at the IRS . Lee Young -do's ID 'Jin46', which he used during Hitel, is said to be named after his brother. 'I am 20jin. My brother's ID is from my name. ' -During the Hitel series, 8-4 human weapons.[4] The other is not the person he writes, but in the sense of tapping it, but it is a different word of the artist, but it is a word that is not used well, and Lee Young is the only one who is the only one, and the other writer is a writer.[5] As described later, it is a necromancer that is derived from a pangchitron zombie and controls zombies.[6] The artist is also nicknamed to refer to himself.[7] informality[8] Jeon Min -hee and Lee Woo -hyuk are also selected, but fans think that Lee Young -do, who met both work and commerciality, has a different weight at this point.[9] The artist himself called it 'Hi, Tel'.[10] Since the Internet era, it is equivalent to the Naver series . Nownuri SF Bulletin Board, a competing platform, had a Kakao Page/Novel position in the Internet era .[11] Dragon Raza sold over 300,000 copies and received about 200 million won in royalties in 1998, and he answered calmly that he had not yet found a place to spend the money other than replacing the old computer with a new Pentium .[12] Of course, this does not mean that Lee Young-do's commercial and entertainment qualities are inferior to those of other fantasy authors. Rather, he is said to be a writer who has reached a certain level and has one of the most intense entertainment qualities in Korea.[13] Genre Fantasy is a tool , literature and society No. 67 .[14] When asked how he planned the setting in the Naver interview , he said coffee, insomnia, and daydreaming. He responded tactfully by saying that he had been sacrificed and summoned .[15] Although the Polarips Rhapsody epilogue does its job, the most important story here is unfriendly.[16] For example, a handout was circulated stating that '...in Niel Henro's name, 5,000 pieces of gold will be paid for each testicle of Scari Vilpa. I haven't heard that Scary, who became a man with 10,000 balls worth of balls, was happy about that fact.' same scene. This kind of narration also influenced later generations, and there was a joke that Pyeon-gon, a diary writer of a knight who used a similar humor, was actually Lee Yeong-do.[17] For example, Lee Young -do's war scene is not only simply simply simply simply simply simply simply simply simply simply mimics the battle in reality, but also describes a variety of characteristics of each worldview convincingly. For example, in the new series, the new series uses the characteristics of the races in the form of a weapon using a body that can be focused on the characteristics of the powerful combat power , or a cold -blooded animal, not only the cold but also the extreme heat waves.[18] The High Masters who symbolize the seven deadly sins, their choices, Osval and Key, and the half king are like characters made by overlaying personalities on the theme.[19] In an interview, "The setting of a novel is like the root of a tree. It needs to be vast and solid, but if it is revealed, the tree will wither and die." I left a word like that. Likewise, he tends not to comment on the work. Most of them say good things, such as wishing him good health even when he writes down what he wants to say after the work is completed. Even in the chapter where he talks about the setting and commentary after the blind eye, he said, 'I wrote it because the publisher told me to write it, but I don't know why I have to write it.' He left a message saying,[20] 'The batter likes to imagine the Galactic Empire of Foundation. I hope readers will read my work that way too.'[21] Relatively, in Siha and Kantha's chapters, they described their appearance a little more.[22] So Lee Young -do is called 'batter', not 'I' who writes yourself in interviews.[23] It is also common to believe that the serialization period of Polaris Rhapsody was adjusted to accommodate the number 8, which is emphasized in the story. Since it is a novel serialized in 88 chapters and 8 volumes, the serialization period was 8 months.[24] The Blood Drinking Bird is about 2.22 million characters long, and if you count 5,000 characters, which is considered the standard for one episode of a modern web novel, there are 444 episodes. (Actually, it is registered as episode 450 on Kakao Page.) In other words, based on a typical web novel serialized 5 days a week, it is about 1 year and 10 months worth of serialization, and this was serialized in just one year. Moving on to the initial chapter, Dragon Raja, an additional 1.74 million characters were written in six and a half months. Using the same calculation method, the amount that would have taken about a year and a half was recorded in just 6 months, by running for 3 consecutive days every day.[25] As an exception, there was a long-term ~~World Cup~~ break of about a month and a half between volumes 2 and 3 of Nunmase , but considering the huge difference in time flow and atmosphere between the two volumes, it is safe to say that this was also a pre-intentioned break. am. ~~A design that makes people say that the serial start date was adjusted so that the World Cup season came exactly as soon as the first half ended.~~[26] 1. Silver blood 4. Iron blood 7. Fertility 10. Immersion 13. Blood flow 16. Poisonous water[27] In Future Walker, the important characters Cheng, Unchai, and Shinchai are all high-level prosecutors.[28] Sanson Percival , the 'other-official ogre' , Key Draven, who took the High Master on a tour, Kagan Draka , who single-handedly annihilated about 30 Naga scouts who had taken the swordrock far below the limit, Elsie Ethely , who prevented the collapse of three legions with a drunken sword , Tyr Strike , the strongest swordsman certified by Horizon , and Dusburn Kalfarang , who is treated as just Chuck Norris .[29] Dragon Raja 98, Future Walker 99, Polaris Rhapsody 00, Weeping Bird 02, Blood Drinker 04[30] To explain it in a nutshell, it can be said that a work in which a Korean author expresses a Korean theme with Korean emotions and ways of thinking becomes a foreign novel simply because he or she uses 'materials' such as background and setting from abroad. This seems to be a counterargument pointing out that those who advocated 'Korean fantasy' at the time, including Kim Kyung-jin and An Byeong-do, were obsessed with 'using Korean materials.'[31] The tomb may have been in reference to the author's nickname, the Necromancer.[32] However, Hong Jeong-hoon heard from Lee Young-do, “Who are you?” Remarks are not the right thing to do at this time. According to Hong Jeong-hoon's review at the time of his serialization, when Hong Jeong-hoon, who was deceived by an acquaintance's fishing lure that said, "Lee Young-do said he would like to see Hong Jeong-hoon," hurriedly rode away on a bicycle calling himself Whirari, a person who did not know who suddenly came and pretended to know him. Lee Young-do's polite response was "Excuse me, but who is it?" It is said that it was. In other words, it was an incident that occurred as a result of a vicious prank at a time when the two were not yet familiar with each other. The above anecdote about them drinking together to the point of getting drunk is presumed to have happened after that.[33] Lee Young-do's unique values are revealed as he does not speak about hints or unrevealed settings within the work.[34] If you are too conscious of the fan's attention, not to ignore the fans, it means that you will not be burdened by writing.[35] Given the mention of the Sewol ferry case in the 2016 New Year's greetings described above, it is not a person who is not interested in social issues at all, but rather widespread that his remarks are issued and talked about.[36] It is highly likely that Lee Young-do, a freshman at the time, acted in the first performance of the Department of Korean Language and Literature's original play 'Rather Funny Story' in November 1991.[37] When asked if he had any plans to create a work featuring multiple worldview characters, he answered, "Is it space-time?"[38] It is not wrong to say that the persimmon farm is not run by artist Lee Young-do, but by his parents.[39] In this case, not only does it have the name value of author Lee Young-do, but it also has the symbol of being the author's first limited edition + the first limited edition in the history of Korean fantasy literature, so even if you are not a fan of Lee Young-do, there are a significant number of people who want to purchase it.

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Youngdo Lee 李榮道｜Lee Yeongdo

birth	1972 April 27 ( 54 years old)
birth	Busan City (Current Busan Metropolitan City )[1]
nationality	korea
job	novelist
Education	Kyungnam University (Department of Korean Language and Literature / Bachelor’s)[2]
family	Parents, younger brother Lee Young -jin[3]
hobby	alcohol, tobacco
debut	《 Dragon Raja 》1997 (From the debut date+10528day, 2800th anniversary)
recent work	《 Lord Erstham's Near-Death Message 》 2025
Nickname	Batter[4] , Necromancer[5] , 20 °[6] , Breaddo
panching	zombie[7]
link	^{Naver Cast} ^{official fan cafe}