Corean

The two qualities I most admired in the Corean were his scepticism and his conservatism.

Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

Taken altogether, the Corean is a fine-looking fellow; his face is oval-shaped, and generally long when seen full face, but it is slightly concave in profile, the nose being somewhat flat at the bridge between the eyes, and possessing wide nostrils.

Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

The poorest kind of Corean house consists of only a single room; the abode of the moderately well-off man, on the other hand, may have two or three, generally three rooms; though, of course, the houses of very high offices are found with

Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

I have also read your collection of short stories, Octagonal Raven, Imager, and The Corean Chronicles.

Being A Realist « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010

Certainly, sales of the Corean Chronicles appear to have increased somewhat with the Swanland covers, but would a switch to more edgy action covers increase the sales of my SF books … or would they end up disappointing readers who would then expect the sort of non-stop action such covers would imply?

Changing Cover Art ? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

The covers on the Recluce books have always been painted by Darrell Sweet, who is a superb colorist, while the Corean Chronicles covers painted by Swanland show more dynamic action.

Changing Cover Art ? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

None of the Spellsong Cycle novels use that approach, and only one of the Corean Chronicles is really a coming-of-age tale.

Thoughts on Reader Commentaries « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

He argued that my SF would sell much better if my science fiction covers looked more like the recent Corean Chronicles covers by Raymond Swanland, because “Swanland is more organic …”

July « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

Certainly, sales of the Corean Chronicles appear to have increased somewhat with the Swanland covers, but would a switch to more edgy action covers increase the sales of my SF books … or would they end up disappointing readers who would then expect the sort of non-stop action such covers would imply?

July « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

The covers on the Recluce books have always been painted by Darrell Sweet, who is a superb colorist, while the Corean Chronicles covers painted by Swanland show more dynamic action.

July « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007