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Wednesday, October 07 2020 - 14:28
AsiaNet
Famous Chinese web novel Lord of the Mysteries a smash hit at Bangkok International Book Fair
BANGKOK, Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

On September 30, Bangkok International Book Fair was opened as scheduled, 
during which the debut of the Thai edition of Lord of the Mysteries, a web 
novel from China, became a highlight. The new book was officially published on 
October 1 by SMM PLUS, a prestigious Thai publisher with authorization from 
China Literature Limited, the largest original web literature platform in China.

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The Thai edition of Lord of the Mysteries

In recent years, Chinese web literature works are getting increasingly popular 
all over the world. Lord of the Mysteries is not only a rare novel serialized 
synchronously in both Chinese and English, but also a phenomenon-level IP that 
has broken the paid subscription record of global web novels, becoming the best 
web novel in the year of 2020 with hundreds of millions of readers. Featuring 
multi-language charm both in subject and content, it fuses the Cthulhu style, 
SCP-like elements, Victoria era flavor and Steampunk passion. As there are many 
readers in Thailand anticipating this novel, the Thai edition of Lord of the 
Mysteries became a hit as soon as it debuted at the book fair.

Lord of the Mysteries causes a fever for fantasy works in Thailand

As a well-known media and publishing group in Thailand, SMM PLUS had cooperated 
with China Literature for many times in IP exchanges.

According to SMM PLUS, quite a few Thai readers have read the English edition 
of Lord of the Mysteries via Webnovel so far. To meet the increasing demand of 
readers, one volume of the Thai edition is scheduled to be published every 20 
days.

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Lord of the Mysteries ranks No. 3 on Webnovel in terms of popularity among the 
completed novels.

The English edition of Lord of the Mysteries ranks No. 1 on Webnovel in terms 
of popularity among the completed fantasy novels, with page views exceeding 24 
million person times. It is scored 4.8/5 by nearly 5,000 reviewers. On the 
overall popularity ranking of completed novels, it ranks No. 3, an 
extraordinary performance manifesting its popularity worldwide. "People with 
different cultural backgrounds share the same fundamental sentiments: pursuit 
for novelty, curiosity for suspense, and yearning for family affection, 
friendship and love…these common traits are essential for a novel to get wide 
recognition across different cultures," said Yuan Ye (online moniker 
"Cuttlefish That Loves Diving"), the author of the web novel.

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Lord of the Mysteries is highly recommended at the symposium “Yaakz Novel 2021 
by Siam Interbook”.

Volume 1 of Lord of the Mysteries was officially published and distributed at 
Bangkok International Book Fair. Meanwhile, at the symposium "Yaakz Novel 2021 
by Siam Interbook", it is highly recommended by professionals in the publishing 
and literature circle and translators, as well as reader groups. They all 
agreed that this is an excellent work both in story and literature, .

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Professionals in the publishing and literature industry, translators and reader 
groups have heated discussions about the novel.

A mystery novel for people of the Earth

Lord of the Mysteries was serialized as of April 2018, and completed in May 
2020. 

In this novel, the author harmoniously fuses the Cthulhu style, SCP-like 
elements, Victoria era flavor and Steampunk passion to create an immersive 
experience. As an international novel created by a Chinese writer, it perfectly 
merges the oriental culture and thoughts into the global context, which is both 
familiar and fresh for readers worldwide.

In the lifelike, mystical world of the novel, readers can feel the profound 
cultural spirit in the apparently Cthulhu style western fantasy subject. 
Creating a gigantic different world similar to the western society in the first 
industrial revolution era, the novel describes many social problems, such as 
poverty, unemployment and environmental pollution, confronted by the 
middle-income and grass-root people in that era. 

As the story and spirit of this novel are universally popular, people with 
different cultural backgrounds can be touched by the story, That's why the 
novel is a global success.

SOURCE:  China Literature Limited

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