#Wolfgang Hohlbein

[toastedcinnamonflakes]

Ich habe das Gefühl, zu dem neuen "Hagen" Film könnte man eine Menge gute Fanfictions machen....ich meine... Siegfried und Hagens gegenseitiges Misstrauen, dann der wachsende Respekt...die Szene nackt im Wasser...der Betrug....Hagen, der sich am sterbenden Siegfried festklammert...ich sehe das Potential, meine Leute.

[hikingofthenoldor]

I finished reading "Die Templerin" by Wolfgang Hohlbein this morning. I have very mixed feelings about the book but here's a little sketch I made at work.

It's Salim and Robin. The writing has its flaws but these two do have their moments.

[the-promise-has-been-made]

EXCUSE ME WHAT THE FUCK AMAZON IS BRINGING OUT A SHOW BASED ON MY FAVOURITE BOOK WHEN I WAS A KID AND IT'S COMING OUT IN MAY AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT IT?????

[filmola-de]

Der Greif – Episodenguide

Episodenguide Der Greif Nach Hohlbeins Fantasy-Bestseller: Um die Welt vor den Klauen des Greifs zu retten, muss Mark sein schweres Familienerbe annehmen und zum Kampf in den Schwarzen Turm ziehen. Als Mark in den Schwarzen Turm eindringt, ahnt er nicht, welche Kräfte er entfesselt. Der Greif, der über dieses albtraumhafte Reich herrscht, bietet all seine Macht auf, um den Jungen in seine Gewalt…

[movie-titlecards]

The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020)

My rating: 5/10

Immens albern und einigermaßen seicht, und es ist sehr offensichtlich, wo die Inspiration herkam (Es ist Harry Potter. Aber als Vampir. Aber ohne Prepz.), aber andererseits ist Wolfgang Hohlbein meines Wissens kein transphobes, hasserfülltes Monster, was dann wiederum für diesen Film spricht.

Immensely silly and rather shallow, and it's very obvious what inspired this (it's Harry Potter. But he's a vampire. But there's no prepz.), but on the other hand, as far as I know Wolfgang Hohlbein isn't a transphobic, hate filled monster, so that's a point in this movie's favor.

[hovelicher-unsin]

lese gerade "Der Ring der Nibelungen" von Hohlbein/Dewi und ich gaspe, ich giggle, ich frowne at hagen, was ein absoluter dreckskerl, ich liebe ihn

[travellingwiththedead]

Vielleicht tu ich dem Mann jetzt unrecht, weil ich mich nur noch vage an die meisten Bücher erinner, aber:

Ich glaube meine Neigung dazu, alle Charaktere, die zu hilfsbereit sind, verdächtig zu finden, kommt davon, dass ich als Kind zu viele Wolfgang Hohlbein Bücher gelesen habe xD

[setrija-nibelungenfangirl]

Day 10

Guilty pleasure ship(s)

Top guilty pleasure ship of mine would be Kriemhild x Hagen:

I did cringe as a teenager at Hagen being in love with Kriemhild when reading Wolfgang Hohlbein’s novel ‘Hagen von Tronje’. But I could enjoy an interpretation of these two having a very fucked up hate-obsession-and-erotic-fixation-in-one-thing going on. With these two being united by a mutual passion for revenge, in which they seek to triumph over the other in order to compensate for endured humiliations (Kriemhild feeling humiliated by Hagen for betraying her, killing Siegfried and stealing her gold; Hagen feeling humiliated by Kriemhild because she managed to exert so much influence over him and his kings that he was forced to go to Hungary against his will and because she holds dangerous power over him and his kings as the queen of the huns).

I also could enjoy the idea of Kriemhild having a crush on Hagen when she was younger, because she saw him as the big protector of her brothers. Making his betrayal even worse for her. Hagen being in love with Kriemhild can work for me in an adaptation or fanfic, if his love turns to jealousy and hatred after she marries Siegfried and after she publicly humiliates the honor of his queen, and therefore also of his king – giving him an additional personal motive for murdering the dragon slayer and being so cruel towards Kriemhild.

Messed up bonus points for the scenario of them both being in love with each other, but Hagen hiding his feelings, because he would not be an appropriate partner for a king’s sister as a vassal. Maybe even Kriemhild hiding her feelings as well, because she fears Hagen would die if he became her husband (but both of them hiding their feelings would probably be more of a comedy xD). Rest of the Nibelungenlied unfolds as usual, but their hatred has the weird ‘I’m still attracted to you / still long for you’ aspect.

[galarix]

Day 16. Least favorite adaptation

I was going to say that, despite there being some uninspiring, disappointing, or please-not-the-fifth-century-again adaptations, I could not remember an outright bad one. But actually, I can! It's Der Ring der Nibelungen by Wolfgang Hohlbein and Torsten Dewi. It's not the Hohlbein book that has a movie based on it now, it's an entirely different series. I would not recommend it to anyone at all XD I won't say anything about the writing itself (I've only read the translation), but some of the details are just ridiculous, like Hagen's daughter being a vegetarian, or Gunther seeing Hagen's evil ghost every time he gets drunk, or the only surviving member of the Burgundian royal family running away with Hagen's daughter abandoning his duties... I just can't. But it exists and I read it and was so traumatized that I tried to forget it asap XD

Oh, and there's also a ridiculous Russian novel set in the 5th century, but that one is so bad that it's kind of good XD

[tia-amorosa]

Tag Game

Thanks for the tag @danjaley 😊

last song I listened to: NLSN - Alright (feat. towty), I like music that lets the soul fly away a little^^

favorite place: um…my bed😁

favorite books: hmm, that's difficult to say, because firstly: I don't read real books, because I can't hold it in my handund and secondly: I only listen to audio books. But what I really liked so far was "Anubis" by Wolfgang Hohlbein and the trilogy "Mia & Korum - The Krinar Chronicles" by Anna Zaires *ahem*, I like erotic novels very much^^

currently reading: At least not a real book, but lots of stories on Tumblr^^ (you're doing great, guys)

favorite tv show: ooh, that's also difficult... I rarely watch TV, more Netflix. The last thing that caught my attention there was „physical 100“ ^^

favorite food: Mochis…yes, I love those little soft sticky guys, I generally really like Asian food.⛩🍜🍤

Tagging: @cozygirlsimmer , @liesemietze 💓

have a nice day/evening💗

[whumpshaped]

For German whump recs: A few German mutuals and I all found out that we all used to love Wolfgang Hohlbein's writing cause his books are incredibly whumpy :D my fave were the 4 Anders books, and I remember Horus being incredibly whumpy. Also if you want to watch sth, I cannot recommend Tatort Saarbrücken enough. It's so good :D

WELL THERE U GO THAT MUST BE WHY TATORT SAARBRÜCKEN WHUMP IS THE ONLY THING I FOUND AJSJDKSKSK

thank u for the rec!!!! man i didnt know u were also german, so many people here are german... highest concentration of german ppl outside of germany

[toastedcinnamonflakes]

Bin jetzt echt am überlegen, ob ich den Hagen von Tronje Roman von Wolfgang Hohlbein lesen soll...ich fand den Film ja echt nicht schlecht...wäre alles für, ähm. Die Wissenschaft.

[mirrorthoughts]

Top 9 Books

I was tagged by my lovely @aurevell 💕💕💕

so now you get a lot of old(ish) books and a couple of new(ish) ones! :D (also the numbers or order don't correlate to which books I love most, those are my fav books in my shelves, I love ALL of them xD)

Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin

Kingdom for Sale - Terry Brooks

Labyrinth of Reflections - Sergej Lukianenko

Acorna - Anne McCaffrey & Margaret Ball

Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells

(the following books are from German authors and I don't know (or couldn't find) their english titles xD sorry?? I still highly recommend them if you can find them in english!)

6. Der Mechanische Prinz - Andreas Steinhöfel 7. Das Netz der Schattenspiele - Ralf Isau 8. Drachenreiter - Cornelia Funke 9. Herr aller Dinge - Andreas Eschbach 10. Azrael - Wolfgang Hohlbein (alright, this one doesn't need another title but Hohlbein is still a German author, so... there xD)

(cheating a bit because everyone else also did 10 books and also also Azrael is horror and fits for the season >D 💕💕💕)

Low pressure tags for @raett97, @tkwritesdumbassassins, @bucky-boychik-barnes, @rebakitt3n, @midmorning-bomb, @lucky-bishop, @orphicpoieses and whoever else wants to do this xD

Because I'm hella curious which books you all like and I can search and read xD

Edit: Auri reminded me of Cornelia Funke's Title - it's Dragon Rider - and also I did find the english title for the Andreas Eschbach book! It's "Lord of all things". Go read that book. Really, I mean it. It's so good!

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Fantasy throughout the world

On top of having an article centered around the French fantasy specifically, the "Modern Success" issue of the BNF Fantasy series also has an article (again written by Anne Besson) covering the topic of "Fantasy throughout the world". Here is, once again, a rough translation by your humble servant:

While heavily dominated by an English-speaking production, fantasy literature found its place in numerous European countries, and managed to cross several continents.

Born in England, grown in parallel on the two sides of the Atlantic oceans, and becoming a mass-phenomenon in the United-States, fantasy is without a doubt an anglophone genre. Even today the fantasy market has a MASSIVE unbalance, and the modern fantasy successes prove that the mondialization of the imaginations is dominated by the cultural superpower of the USA. But ever since the 1970s, as the translations of Tolkien spread across the world and role-playing games conquered the heart of teenagers, "native fantasies" started to appear in various European languages.

German fantasy is a good example of one of those "local takes" - it does help that Germany has a literary background including the Romantic movement, and the brothers Grimm fairytales. After the enormous success of Michael Ende's Never-Ending Story in 1979, the German fantasy did not stop. Many successful authors appeared. Wolfgang Hohlbein gained an internal fame, with his 1982 Märchenmond or his 1999's Chronicles of the Immortals. Cornelia Funke was a famous German youth author, with her trilogy "Inkworld" in 2003. Kai Meyer reworked Germanic legends in his 1998's Loreley or his 2001's Nibelungengold. Walter Moers created the continent of Zamonia, and popularized the character of Captain Blue-Bear (hero of a 1993's children television show, of two novels, and of a 1999's movie).

But very often, international fame only latches on one specific author that is well-known outside of their country's frontiers. In Poland, this author would be Andrzej Sapkowski with his 1986's Witcher series, adapted in 2007 as a video game, and in 2019 as a television series). In Spain, it would be Javier Negrete with his 2003's Tramorea.

Crossing the continents, it becomes very tempting to mix together the magic of fantasy literature with specifically cultural supernatural domains - the Hindu pantheon, the Chinese ghost stories, the kami and the yokai of Japan, the witchcraft of Africa or the Caribbean Isles...

South-America is rich of a literary tradition that in France we compare to our own "fantastique": the short stories of Argentina's authors Jose Luis Borges or Adolfo Bioy Casares in the 40s, the magical realism of Alejo Carpentier in Cuba (The Century of Lights, 1962), of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Columbia (A Hundred Years of Solitude, 1967) or Carlos Fuenta in Mexico (Terra Nostra, 1975).

On the side of the African continent, The Road of Hunger, in 1991, by Nigerian author Ben Okri, is also part of this more "legitimate" current, a form of fantasy much closer to "general literature", but there is a new African generation, dominated by English-speaking women (Nnedi Okorakor, Nisi Shaw, Lauren Beukes) that fully appropriate and absorb the fantasy genre.

Up until a very recent date, it was considered more respectful to not assimilate these works, born of very different cultures, with a genre that is both modern and Anglo-Saxon. However, the numeric world and the mondialized economy have today destroyed a lot of cultural frontiers, and today we assist to a true "meeting of the imaginations" mixing various cultures together. The author of this article mentions as an example several works coming from East-Asia: the Japanese manga Full Metal Alchemist by Arakawa Hirowu, the other Japanese manga Witch Hat Atelier, or the Sino-American movie The Great Wall (2016).

[i-can-even-burn-salad]

Happy STS! What is the best novel you've ever read? What did you like about it, from a storytelling perspective? Has it influenced or informed your own approach?

Happy STS! (Or whatever day it is when I manage to answer that.)

I actually don't know. I am one of those people who dare to read for a bit of escapism only, and the books I like most are probably not literary masterpieces.

Märchenmond by Wolfgang und Heike Hohlbein was the best book, because it was the first "real" fantasy book I read. I guess it would be middle grade? Just like the protagonist, I forgot Twix was a chocolate bar, not just a fairy, and afterwards I made my way through all other books by those authors my mom had, and when I was done, I got a library card.

Once Stolen by D. N. Bryn was the best book, because I was crying in bed for an hour, and then I wanted to write again, because I found little pieces of myself there, and I wanted to put them somewhere.

Wolfsaga by Käthe Recheis was the best book, because it was beautiful and heartbreaking and hopeful and everything.

Tor der Verwandlung (Transformation) by Carol Berg was the best one, because barely managed to force myself to stop reading at 4am (with work in the morning.)

The Wind Witch by Susan Dexter was the best book, because the protagonist is a woman who has always lived in the shadow of her (male) relatives and wants to take control back over her life after her husband dies. Yes yes, she has to save the world, but most of all, she'll make sure she keeps the farm for a year and a day so it becomes hers.

But analyzing things on a deeper level? Really paying attention to the details? School ruined that for me. I love language. I love reading. I love writing. When our 6th grade teacher suggested making a notebook with our favorite poems, I did (still have it.) I figured out how to trick the library self checkout into letting me borrow more than 30 books.

And yet in my German finals I had a barely passing grade, and why? Because nothing matters, other than that you interpret the shit in front of you in exactly the same as everyone else. And in English? Not a chance.

Sometimes, I see commentary here praising the prose of some books or snippets, and I would never have seen that ever, and my "I liked this :)" feels very inadequate.

So the best books to me live rent free in my head for years, I name pets and characters after them when I try out a game, I take little bits and pieces into what I hope to create, ... but I couldn't you tell a single thing that objectively or on a technical level makes them special.

[samsalems]

Wanted to post a thought about trying to re-read wolfgang hohlbeins Dunkel bc it's been over 10 years and I can only vaguely remembered stuff and that i really liked what it did with vampires, only to see that no one translated this man's books into english???????

Like. I wanted to give you guys the translated title so yall could understand what I'm talking about. But uh. Apparently no. Can't do. Dude wrote over 200 books, one of the biggest german genre authors and only 11 got translated into english