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1. JohnFediverse (johnfediverse@cawfee.club)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 17:54:29 JST JohnFediverse
   Any ROTK (Romance of the three kingdoms) enjoyers on here? :sataniathink:
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   • momus (momus@eihei.nexus)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 17:54:25 JST momus

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     @JohnFediverse more of an water margin kinda guy
   • JohnFediverse (johnfediverse@cawfee.club)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 18:10:24 JST JohnFediverse

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     @momus Fair, had a bit of a hard time getting into it due to the supernatural aspects of it
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   • momus (momus@eihei.nexus)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 18:10:50 JST momus

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     @JohnFediverse hardest part for me was actually finding the books
   • JohnFediverse (johnfediverse@cawfee.club)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 22:01:22 JST JohnFediverse

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     @momus In due time i wanna read all of the "4 great chinese works" problem always seems to be translation avaliability etc sadly
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   • momus (momus@eihei.nexus)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 22:01:22 JST momus

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     @JohnFediverse i rly like chinese books im curently reading journmey to the west. i know the struggle spend half a year to get these for under 100 bucks after that i just gave up on getting the best translations and just get the penguin versions.
   • JohnFediverse (johnfediverse@cawfee.club)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 22:20:19 JST JohnFediverse

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     @momus https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/china/the-water-margin-outlaws-of-the-marsh-9784805317877 oh this one is complete and just came out, good price aswell
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   • momus (momus@eihei.nexus)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 22:20:19 JST momus

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     @JohnFediverse seems epic i just know the sidney shapiro translations are really good also apperntly they are cheaper in the US https://www.amazon.com/Outlaws-Marsh-3-Hardcover-Set/dp/7119017357
   • JohnFediverse (johnfediverse@cawfee.club)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 22:20:20 JST JohnFediverse

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     @momus 95$ for hardcover is crazy tho
   • JohnFediverse (johnfediverse@cawfee.club)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 22:20:21 JST JohnFediverse

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     @momus Cool, how is that one? Ye seems fair, but considering the nuance of the language it just feels right to have the "correct version" luckily it seems to become less of a problem. They even recently put out a translation of "Kingom in peril"
     https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520381001/kingdoms-in-peril-volume-1