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Taesun (Korean: 태선; Hanja: 太扇; IPA: [tʰɛ.sʰʌ̹n]; Revised Romanization: Taeseon) is a masculine pen name of a South Korean female fantasy writer best known as the creator of the novels Dusk Howler (2009–2016), The Dragon Master (2011–2015), Master of the Divine Beasts (2016–2017), Chitra (2017–2019), and Doctor's Rebirth (2020–present) that received webtoon adaptations.

Names[]

Taesun doesn't usually post photos of herself or mention her real name, but the Korean Creative Storytelling Association website has photos from her wedding to Seong Sangyoung and mentions that her real name is Park Soyoung (Korean: 박소영; IPA: [pak.sʰo̞.jʌ̹ŋ]; Revised Romanization: Bak Soyeong) (link).

Her official alias is Taesun (Korean: 태선), but she sometimes goes by the aliases Park Taesun (Korean: 박태선; IPA: [pak.tʰɛ.sʰʌ̹n]; Revised Romanization: Bak Taeseon), Soraneko (Japanese (Kanji): 空猫, Soraneko, "sky cat"), Yoineko (Japanese (Kanji): 酔猫, Yoineko, "drunk cat"), Skycat, skycat86, and Steam Cat. Park (Korean: 박; Hanja: 朴, "calabash", "bottle gourd") is a Korean surname, Taesun (Korean: 태선; Hanja: 太扇, "a large hand fan", from Chinese: 太 , "highest", "greatest", and 扇 , "a punkah", "a hand fan") is a Korean masculine given name, and Soraneko, Yoineko, Skycat, skycat86 and Steam Cat are typical Internet nicknames.

None of her works have an official English translation, so different English websites have different English spellings of her name: Taeseon, Tae Seon, Tae-seon, Taesun, Tae Sun, Tae-sun, Teosan, Teo San, Teo-san, etc. Her Chitra webtoon received a licensed French translation, and the French description of this webtoon spells her name as "Taesun".

Life and career[]

At different times, Taesun liked such anime, manga and novels as Honey and Clover, 4LEAF (Children of the Rune) (Winterer, Demonic), Fullmetal Alchemist, Slayers, Pokemon, SKT - Swallow Knights Tales, Ouran High School Host Club, Gundam, Evangelion, Code Geass, etc. She considers Honey and Clover, Children of the Rune and Fullmetal Alchemist to be the biggest influences in shaping her worldview. (link 1, link 2, link 3)

At first, Taesun wrote fanfiction, and when her writing skills improved, she began to write her original works. Her first official novel, Game Master Mion, began to be published by Balhae as a paperback series on May 25, 2006, and since then she has earned her living by writing.

She is married to Seong Sangyoung (Korean: 성상영; IPA: [sʰʌ̹ŋ.sʰa̠ŋ.jʌ̹ŋ]; Revised Romanization: Seong Sangyeong), the author of The Gamer webtoon (2013–present) and the founder of the Golem Factory content company (2015–present).

List of works[]

Novels[]

Game Fantasy[]

  • GM Mion (GM미온, "Game Master Mion"). Volumes: 6. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2006). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
  • Daineomaiteu (다이너마이트, "Dynamite"). Volumes: 8. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2007). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
  • Tanatoseu (타나토스, "Thanatos"). Volumes: 6. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2008). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
  • Deoseukeu Haulleo (더스크 하울러, "Dusk Howler"). Volumes: 7. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2009). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
  • Deoseukeu Haulleo 2 Bu (더스크 하울러 2 부, "Dusk Howler Part 2"). Volumes: About 5 (Note: This webnovel is not divided into volumes, but it is approximately equal to five volumes of the Dusk Howler webnovel in terms of number of chapters). Status: Finished. Type: Webnovel (2015). Genre: Wuxia, Action, Adventure.

Planet Atreia[]

  • Hwansuui Juin (환수의 주인, "The Phantom Master"). Volumes: 7. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2010). Genre: Isekai, Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
  • Sillyongui Juin (신룡의 주인, "The Dragon Master"). Volumes: 11. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2011). Genre: School, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Gender Bender.
  • Sinsuui Juin (신수의 주인, "Master of the Divine Beasts"). Volumes: 10. Status: Finished. Type: Webnovel (2016), Paperback (2017). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance.

Other novels[]

  • Eunui Saseon (은의 사선, "Deadline of Silver"). Volumes: 5. Status: Finished. Type: Paperback (2007). Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure.
  • Chiteura - Minameul Ppomneun Yeobaekjak (치트라 - 미남을 뽑는 여백작, "Chitra - the countess who chooses handsome men"). Volumes: 10. Status: Finished. Type: Webnovel (2017). Genre: Isekai, Fantasy, Romance.
  • Uiwon, Dasi Salda (의원, 다시 살다, "Doctor's Rebirth"). Volumes: Over 30. Status: Ongoing. Type: Webnovel (2020). Genre: Isekai, Wuxia, Action, Medical.

Trivia[]

On July 29, 2006, Taesun created her blog https://blog.naver.com/skycat86 on the Naver Blog website and wrote the following in her blog description:

  • I am: 태선 [Taeseon]
  • Keywords: 하늘고양이 [Skycat]
  • Likes: 글쓰기 그럼그리기, 음악 듣기, 영화보기...으음? 게임하기~ [Writing, drawing, listening to music, watching movies... Erm...? Play games~]
  • Dislikes: 말만 앞서는 사람, 다름 사람 괴롭히는 것 좋아하는 사람, 끈적한 느낌 [A person who only speaks first, a person who likes to bully others, a sticky feeling]
  • Wishlist: 초 캐 사기 아이템 [Super catching buy items]

External Links[]

Official sources[]

Authority control[]

Mentions on Wikipedia[]

Wiki communities[]

Fan communities[]

  • Memolog at Taesun's Blog at Naver Blog (Korean) (Note: Memolog is a section called "Memo" (메모, "a short note") on Taesun's official blog on the Naver Blog website. There are also memologs on other authors' blogs on Naver Blog, but the memolog on Taesun's blog has become a place of conversation for Taesun's fans, so this memolog is different from the memologs on other blogs.)
  • 태선 작가소설, 웹툰 팬카페 [Taeseon's Novels & Webtoons Fan Cafe], also known as Goddragon86, at Naver Cafe (Korean) (Founded August 19, 2012)    

Spoiler threads[]

Book review websites[]

Anime and manga websites[]

Scholarly journals[]

  • 김후인 [Kim, Hu-In]; 이민희 [Lee, Minhee]; 한혜원 [Han, Hye-Won] (January 18, 2018). "한국 가상현실 게임소설의 스토리텔링" ["Storytelling of Korean Virtual Reality Game Fiction"]. 한국콘텐츠학회논문지 [The Journal of the Korea Contents Association], Volume 18 Issue 1 / Pages.55-63 / 2018 / 1598-4877(pISSN) / 2508-6723(eISSN) (Korean). (This article analyzes the main plot features of ten famous Korean virtual reality game novels: "Legendary Moonlight Sculptor" (달빛 조각사, January 15, 2007) by Nam Heesung (남희성), "Ssaulabi Loon" (싸울아비 룬, September 19, 2007) by Gawi (가위), "Life Cry" (라이프 크라이, July 10, 2008) by Seong Sangyoung (성상영), "Ark" (아크, July 14, 2008) by Yuseong (유성), "Blacksmith's Vengeance" (대장장이 지그, July 15, 2008) by Kang Chan (강찬), "Dusk Howler" (더스크 하울러, December 7, 2009) by Taesun (태선), "Revival" (리바이벌, October 27, 2010) by Phantasm (판타즘), "Royal Fate" (로열 페이트, December 10, 2010) by Yuseong (유성), "Shining Lord" (샤이닝 로드, December 15, 2010) by Deonoteu (더노트), and "Overgeared" (템빨, January 10, 2014) by Park Saenal (박새날).)
  • 안상원 [Ahn, Sangwon] (December 2019). "한국 웹소설 ‘로맨스판타지’ 장르의 서사적 특성 연구" ["A Study on the epic characteristics of Korean web novel ‘Romance Fantasy’"]. 인문콘텐츠 [Humanities Contents], No. 55, 2019.12 / Pages.219 - 234 / ISSN 1975-4469 (Print), 2671-8707 (Electronic) (Korean). (This article analyzes the main plot features of many Korean romance fantasy novels, including the novel "Chitra - the countess who chooses handsome men" (치트라 - 미남을 뽑는 여백작) by Taesun (태선).)

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