Gateway To All Marvels

[dankenzon]

To Mr. Fairbain:

would it be possible to set up the book available also thru a service like http://www.bubok.co.uk/ where any user can buy the electronic version or a printed book?

Already some people asked me about it after I told them about this new book

[John Fairbairn]

would it be possible to set up the book available also thru a service like http://www.bubok.co.uk/ where any user can buy the electronic version or a printed book?

As I said for The Life of Shuei, all other options remain under review. However, the constraints are these:

1. My priority is to issue Parts 2 and 3 of Shuei. That is about 100 commented games. Although 90% of the writing is done, it takes me a very long time to make the diagrams and format the html. 100 games will require about 3,000 diagrams for the Kindle edition.

2. Formatting for another device or paper requires a huge amount of work. A paper edition, for example, would require fewer diagrams, but that means re-doing diagrams amd re-writing text, as well as re-formatting.

3. Most of the alternative methods require me to spend money, either on a device to view the output, or to pay a company like bubok to produce a publishable paper book, or to buy e-ISBNs. Judging by sales so far (in line with expectations), even just one such option would mean I would lose money. I chose Kindle simply because I already had one and Amazon makes the process, for me, free and easy.

Because (1) is my priority, I am not even actively researching other options yet. But what's the hurry, anyway? We all learn patience from the game of go. I've already waited (and worked) over 20 years to issue GTAM. Patience aside, I do understand people feel frustrated when they can't have their favourite format. I would like a bound paper copy myself. But, in return, imagine my own, different frustrations at some of the comments I read on L19. We need to re-capture the old sense of working together as a go community if all these frustrations are to be overcome.

Bill Cobb has just bought a Kindle to view Life of Shuei, so that he can consider printing it. I have no idea which way he is leaning, but you may wish to write to him and/or buy Slate & Shell books as a way of persuading him. I am sure that there is no chance for GTAM because problem books have always sold badly, even in good times.

[uglyboxer]

I grabbed it last night and have been glued to my iPad ever since. Thank you, sir!

[Loons]

Around 12% there's a misspelt 'tehr'.

I'm amazed by how unpithy the advice can be.

[LokBuddha]

Dear John, I bought both GTAM and Shuei bio, I can't wait for the part 2. I also have GoGod, can you tell me starting what game in Shuei collection till his death are his masterpieces? I know around 1897 but need to know exact file so I can study beforehand

[imabuddha]

This is another great big book!

[imabuddha]

I've completed the conversion to SmartGo Books format. Now it's being reviewed/proofread, so should be available fairly soon.

[imabuddha]

Version 2.5 of SmartGo Books including GTAM has just been released!


http://www.smartgo.com/booklist.htm

[logan]

Does this include fixes on typos, diagrams and so forth?

[smartgo]

Does this include fixes on typos, diagrams and so forth?

You mean compared to the Kindle version? Definitely. And any remaining issues found will be fixed in future updates.

[kusto]

Very well done guys

I look forward to reading it.

On a side note i love the flexibility that Smart go books offers.

[xed_over]

조혜연 (Cho Hye-yeon) has recently posted on her Facebook page that she's completed an English translation of this work (among others).

1347년에 발간된 현현기경- 현존하는 가장 오래된 바둑책이며 호머의 일리야드, 오딧세이에 비견될 만한 명작입니다. 이 위대한 작품이 여러 차례 후대에 의한 개정판이 나왔는데요, 저 역시 고전을 영어로 번역할 기회를 얻어 올여름 가을 꼬박 매달린 끝에 현현기경 영역본을 완성하였습니다. 바둑TV가 제작하였고 현현각양지에서 발간될 예정입니다.^^ 이외에도 관자보 6권을 번역하였습니다. 기존 책의 참고도 오류를 샅샅이 바로잡으려 노력하였습니다. 총 10권을 번역하면서 제가 처음 고전을 접하였던 9살 때의 느낌이 선명하게 되살아났습니다. Ancient, 이라는 단어가 주는 설렘...인류의 위대한 지적 유산...이를 재해석하는 현대 독자들...바둑 애호가들의 영원한 친구로 자리할 명작 고전, 곧 영역본으로 만나보실 수 있습니다. ^^
Dear friends! I translated ten ancient books into English. You will meet them soon. I will definitely let you know when books are released. "The Gateway to All Marvels" is obvioulsy the masterpiece just like Homer's "The Iliad" or "The Odyssey".

Above all else, classics are the spiritual heritage of the human race and we can encounter the fountain of wisdom by leafing through the pages. "The Gateway to All Marvels" was published in 1347, and it turned out to be the oldest Baduk book ever written. Apart from the fact that it is the oldest book, it also contains profundities upon the Baduk board, particularly, all kinds of marvelous strategic moves are examined in the series. Every single problem has its own Chinese historical background, and the deep stories are encapsulated by the subtitle of each problem. The modern readers will be fascinated by the intellectual legacy, and I feel deeply honored to be the translator of the greatest masterpiece. As a translator, I tried to revise any kinds of inconsistencies I found in some variations, and if necessary, I also tried to make an easier sequence of the solution diagram.

[Bill Spight]

Version 2.5 of SmartGo Books including GTAM has just been released!


http://www.smartgo.com/booklist.htm

Nice picture of John and Mark.

[imabuddha]

Nice picture of John and Mark.

I'm glad you like it.