1aspirit
Okay! Hi. Everyone who's looked at these books before must have an inkling of how difficult sorting out Twelve Kingdoms will be. I'm not yet confident the works are clean enough to start with. This thread will be something of a sandbox to play with the organization. To start with: how do these breakouts look?
Primary Series Title: The Twelve Kingdoms (?)
Original Language: Japanese
Original Dates Range
Series Order. Title
Main Series
Original Publication Dates: 1992 - 2019
0. Demon's Child
1. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow V.1
2. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow V.2
3. Sea of Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth V.1
4. Sea of Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth V.2
(there's also a combined Sea of Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth reprint, so...?)
5. Sea God in the East, Vast Sea in the West
6. A Thousand Miles of Wind, The Sky at Dawn V.1
7. A Thousand Miles of Wind, The Sky at Dawn V.2
8. The Aspiring Wings
9. The Shore at Twilight, The Sky at Daybreak V.1
10. The Shore at Twilight, The Sky at Daybreak V.2
11. The Dream of Prosperity
12. The Birds of Hisho (short story collection)
13. Silver Ruins, Black Moon V.1
14. Silver Ruins, Black Moon V.2
15. Silver Ruins, Black Moon V.3
16. Silver Ruins, Black Moon V.4
Series: Pop Fiction (US)**
Orig. Pub. Dates: 2007 - 2010
1. The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
2. The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind
3. The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas
4. The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn
**currently under "Collections and Selections"
Primary Series Title: The Twelve Kingdoms (?)
Original Language: Japanese
Original Dates Range
Series Order. Title
Main Series
Original Publication Dates: 1992 - 2019
0. Demon's Child
1. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow V.1
2. Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadow V.2
3. Sea of Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth V.1
4. Sea of Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth V.2
(there's also a combined Sea of Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth reprint, so...?)
5. Sea God in the East, Vast Sea in the West
6. A Thousand Miles of Wind, The Sky at Dawn V.1
7. A Thousand Miles of Wind, The Sky at Dawn V.2
8. The Aspiring Wings
9. The Shore at Twilight, The Sky at Daybreak V.1
10. The Shore at Twilight, The Sky at Daybreak V.2
11. The Dream of Prosperity
12. The Birds of Hisho (short story collection)
13. Silver Ruins, Black Moon V.1
14. Silver Ruins, Black Moon V.2
15. Silver Ruins, Black Moon V.3
16. Silver Ruins, Black Moon V.4
Series: Pop Fiction (US)**
Orig. Pub. Dates: 2007 - 2010
1. The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
2. The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind
3. The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas
4. The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn
**currently under "Collections and Selections"
2aspirit
https://www.librarything.com/work/13982113
ETA: This work is 1/4 of The Birds of Hisho.
EATA: It's in a "Short Stories" group for now.
3elenchus
>2 aspirit:
One story from The Birds of Hisho: since the story is entered as a separate work, wouldn't it be best to relate it to Birds as "contained in", and list as a Short Story outside the Core for Twelve Kingdoms? (As it appears now.) My completist side wants the other stories from Birds to be similarly treated.
For Demon's Child, one review (offsite) characterised it as a prequel, perhaps outside the Core: "Written before Twelve Kingdoms, elements of Masho no Ko were later worked into the arc plot of that series, but this is a horror novel, and the tone of events is completely different." Is that your basic question, whether it's Core?
One story from The Birds of Hisho: since the story is entered as a separate work, wouldn't it be best to relate it to Birds as "contained in", and list as a Short Story outside the Core for Twelve Kingdoms? (As it appears now.) My completist side wants the other stories from Birds to be similarly treated.
For Demon's Child, one review (offsite) characterised it as a prequel, perhaps outside the Core: "Written before Twelve Kingdoms, elements of Masho no Ko were later worked into the arc plot of that series, but this is a horror novel, and the tone of events is completely different." Is that your basic question, whether it's Core?
