"'Now that the wild man is dead,' Gary urged as the surrounding woods faded, 'Let's go back.......'For thousands of loyal readers of "A Song of Ice and Fire", the first paragraph of the opening preface of the first volume of "Game of Thrones" must be familiar to you.
The poster of the American drama "Game of Thrones".
College student Ran Mengfei is such a loyal reader. Late at night on February 10th, when he heard this passage in the strange talk of the nuclear market on the machine core network, although he was familiar with it, he was still shocked in his heart, "I've been waiting for many years, and I've finally waited for the release of the genuine audiobook of "A Song of Ice and Fire"!" This Spring Festival, it's a bit comfortable! ”
On the first day of the New Year of the Dragon, at 22 o'clock on February 10, the audiobook "A Song of Ice and Fire", which was authorized by Chongqing Publishing Group, produced by Jixin.com and produced by Lighting Listening Studio, was officially launched. Chinese fantasy readers around the world have waited for an auditory feast that lives up to the reputation of the epic.
A Song of Ice and Fire Chinese Edition Series, Chongqing Publishing House.
At the end of last year, Chongqing Publishing Group successfully renewed the copyright of "A Song of Ice and Fire" in simplified Chinese, the copyright of e-books, and successfully signed the copyright of the audiobook, which is also the first time that the "A Song of Ice and Fire" audiobook has been authorized in China. Tang Yizi, deputy editor-in-chief of the ** branch of Chongqing Publishing Group, told the new Chongqing-Chongqing ** reporter.
In 20 years, it has sold more than 5 million copies, making it a fantasy classic in Chongqing.
As an important position of fantasy science fiction culture in the west, Chongqing has provided infinite inspiration for fantasy science fiction creation with its unique urban culture and geographical features. Chongqing Publishing Group is a leader in China's fantasy science fiction literature, with its publication of Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem" series becoming the pinnacle of Chinese science fiction, and the introduction of "A Song of Ice and Fire" has opened the eyes of Chinese fantasy fans.
At ten o'clock in the evening on February 10th, the audiobook "A Song of Ice and Fire" was launched, which can be listened to by scanning the code.
A Song of Ice and Fire is an epic fantasy written by George Martin, a famous American science fiction fantasy artist, and is a landmark work of contemporary fantasy literature. When it came out in early 1996, it quickly conquered the European and American literary circles with its unique structure, vast vision, intricate plot and lively language. The five volumes of the series, "Game of Thrones", "Clash of Kings", "A Storm of Swords", "A Feast of Crows" and "A Dance of Dragons", have been published one after another, sparking a global follow-up craze. And with the popularity of the medieval epic fantasy American drama of the same name produced by HBO, "* hot" has also swept the Chinese world.
In fact, earlier than the American drama with the hot Chinese version ** reading tide, in 2004, the "Song of Ice and Fire" series was first introduced by Chongqing Publishing Group and launched a Chinese version. Over the past 20 years, this set of fantasy classics has become an indisputable benchmark among the books introduced by the Chongqing edition. "In the past 20 years, we have launched a total of 5 editions: black edition, rainbow edition, boxed edition, library edition, and commemorative edition. In 2011, the American drama of the same name "Game of Thrones" was launched, making "A Song of Ice and Fire" a global cultural phenomenon, and also deeply affected the Chinese fantasy world, and book sales have soared, so far more than 5 million copies. Tang Yizi introduced that the Chinese simplified copyright of "A Song of Ice and Fire" will expire for the third time in 2023, and in the competition of several domestic publishing institutions, Chongqing Publishing Group successfully signed a contract for the fourth time with the advantages and outstanding results of "A Song of Ice and Fire" for many years, and obtained the authorization of the audiobook.
The partner of the production of audiobooks is Chongqing Publishing Group's old friend Jihe.com, which is a vertical platform focusing on fantasy games, film and television, and Chongqing Publishing Group's "The Witcher" series of audiobooks are also produced by the platform, which has been recognized by readers and has achieved good results. Tang Yizi revealed that this cooperation has been run in many times in the early stage of voice selection, and finally selected the sound combination that best meets the expectations of the editorial team, the voice recognition, appeal, and the ability to flexibly change the tone of the character are all excellent, and the background sound effect is clear and realistic, and the cutting and switching is natural and accurate, which is very in line with the momentum and artistic conception of the work.
Create a fantasy publishing town, and introduce and original in parallel.
A Song of Ice and Fire" series is very dramatic to be introduced to China. Tang Yizi introduced that in 2002, Zou He, the planner and introducer of "A Song of Ice and Fire", was still an ordinary editor, and he accidentally found the first part of "A Song of Ice and Fire" "Game of Thrones" on a stall when he was shopping. In 2005, Chongqing Publishing Group won the copyright with a very cost-effective **, but the book did not attract much attention after it was launched, and in 2006, when the second part of "A Song of Ice and Fire" "A Clash of Kings" was published, the first printing was only 5,000 copies. However, Chongqing Publishing Group did not give up, but chose to continue to work in the field of fantasy, and successively signed the follow-up volumes of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the classic works of other well-known foreign authors.
Chongqing has the soil for the growth of fantasy literature, but in order to cultivate Chinese fantasy literature, it is not enough to have a larger platform and more nutrients. Tang Yizi said, so, Zou He founded the "Unicorn" book series, committed to building China's first high-end fantasy position, "President Zou chose the legendary mythical beast unicorn that symbolizes noble status and unlimited imagination as the brand image, and personally designed the logo, and the unicorn book series was born." Today, the Unicorn book series has successively published the "Memories, Sorrows and Thorns" series, the "Witcher" series, the "First Law" series, the "Night Watch" series, etc., with a total of more than 300 books, becoming a domestic fantasy first-class brand recognized by the industry and the majority of readers.
It is understood that while introducing foreign fantasy classics, Chongqing Publishing Group also insists on publishing domestic original products such as the "Three-Body Problem" series and the "Kyushu" series, and at the same time cultivates and supports the new generation of domestic original creators through competitions and activities, based in Chongqing, to create an important town of Chinese fantasy publishing.
We start from multiple perspectives such as Chinese history, mythology, and local culture, and tap high-quality content resources to create an original fantasy matrix rooted in China's excellent traditional culture. He has published the space opera "Guangyuan" series, the historical fantasy "Zhou Tian" series set in the Zhou Dynasty, and also planned the "Fantasy Chongqing" series of big fantasy books with the theme of the city. It also discovers the new generation of science fiction authors by holding competitions and essays. Tang Yizi said that in 2023, Chongqing Publishing Group will also launch a series of essay collection activities for the new fantasy book series "Magic Mirror", encouraging creators to draw inspiration from China's long history and culture, and to launch a number of short and medium-length fantasy collections that reflect China's profound historical heritage and contemporary Chinese values. "In the future, we will continue to deepen our efforts in the field of fantasy literature, develop originality and introduction simultaneously, and launch more 'Chongqing brand' book boutiques, so as to contribute Chongqing's strength to Chinese publishing. ”