priest - 橋頭樓上 (traditional print + Q&A)

[halfcactus]

As found on Twitter: some images of the traditional print version of 橋頭樓上 (literal translation: End of the Bridge, Top of the Tower, h/t douqi).

《橋頭樓上》Priest

— 一豆文化 (@onebeanculture) August 17, 2024

priest also answers a question about the novel's style and format:

for the trad print of Bridge and Tower, Priest answered a question:
Q: What inspired you to use the message board format and story-within-a-story style for this book? Furthermore, what made you decide to write a short suspense with an all female cast?

Image source: onebeanculture

— 车轮没有好方好方 (@amixycillin) August 24, 2024

A: I was just trying something new. In the future, I might write many more short suspense stories as part of this series. Message board format isn’t anything new in the realm of web novels—it’s a safe bet more than anything.

— 车轮没有好方好方 (@amixycillin) August 24, 2024

The all female cast is because it’s set on a female-based forum with a female-centric fictional novel; to that end, wouldn’t it be weird to include men? I feel like even heterosexuals wouldn’t really want to play with the other sex.

— 车轮没有好方好方 (@amixycillin) August 24, 2024

ETA: Reuploaded the images to Imgur so pictures should be viewable now.

Comments

[douqi]

Will you believe that I pre-ordered this the instant I was notified that pre-orders had opened X_X

[halfcactus]

I just keep staring at all of the elements. ;A; I love how this edition went for the water theme! And the little browser window buttons in the page layout. :') Do these kinds of books normally end up in retail bookstores?

[douqi]

I've seen mainland print editions in bookshops in Malaysia and Singapore (and have seen pictures of them in bookshops in China), but not really the Taiwanese ones.

[geraineon]

... ah, idk why but the images are all broken for me but i guess it worked for douqi so the problem is probably on my end

Thank you for sharing!

[halfcactus]

Omg you're right... It must be because I direct-linked the pics from Twitter. When I go incognito the images don't show up. Thanks for the heads-up! I'll try to manually upload the images at some point haha.

[geraineon]

I see them now! Oh the book looks beautiful!

[dayadhvam_triad]

Thanks for sharing these!

In the future, I might write many more short suspense stories as part of this series
I know this is probably a vague "I'll leave the option open" statement more than anything else, but ooooh /eyes/ I didn't expect 桥头楼上 to end up as one of my fave cnovels, but it is! hope priest does come back to this series.

[halfcactus]

Selfishly I hope she writes more gen + mystery oneshot novels. XD