葉李華、王君儒:〈衛斯理書名英譯芻議〉,
載施仁毅主編:《倪學:衛斯理五十週年紀念集》,
香港:豐林文化傳播有限公司,2013年,頁65-68。
(按:輯者增訂星加坡亞太出版社之英譯,詳見下文。)
編號
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書名
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英譯
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亞太
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01
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鑽石花
|
Diamond Flower
|
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02
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地底奇人
|
Underground
Legends
|
The
Return of the Hermit
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03
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妖火
|
Monstrous
Fire
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04
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藍血人
|
Blue-Blooded
Being
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05
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透明光
|
Transparentizing
Light
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06
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地心洪爐
|
Furnace
inside the Earth
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07
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蜂雲
|
Cloud
of Bees
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08
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奇玉
|
Mysterious
Jade
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09
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原子空間
|
Atomic
Space
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10
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天外金球
|
Golden
Globe from the Heaven
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The
Mystery of the Golden Sphere
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11
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支離人
|
Detachable Man
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12
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不死藥
|
Immortality
Drug
|
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13
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紅月亮
|
Red
Moon
|
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14
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換頭記
|
Head
Transplant
|
|
15
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蠱惑
|
Bewitched,
Bewildered
|
|
16
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奇門
|
Uncanny
Gate
|
|
17
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屍變
|
Zombified
|
|
18
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合成
|
Synthesis
|
|
19
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筆友
|
Pen
Pal
|
|
20
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叢林之神
|
Deity
in the Jungle
|
|
21
|
再來一次
|
One More Time
|
|
22
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盡頭
|
The
End
|
|
23
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湖水
|
In
the Lake
|
|
24
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消失
|
Vanishing
|
|
25
|
影子
|
The
Shadow
|
|
26
|
多了一個
|
The
Extra One
|
|
27
|
仙境
|
Wonderland
|
|
28
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狐變
|
A
Transmuting Fox
|
|
29
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古聲
|
Archaic
Sound
|
|
30
|
虛像
|
Virtual
Image
|
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31
|
訪客
|
The
Visitor
|
|
32
|
風水
|
Feng
Shui
|
|
33
|
環
|
The
Ring
|
|
34
|
聚寶盆
|
Treasure
Bowl
|
|
35
|
雨花台石
|
Rain
Flower Stone
|
|
36
|
石林
|
Stone
Forest
|
|
37
|
創造
|
Creation
|
|
38
|
鬼子
|
Jap
|
|
39
|
老貓
|
Aged
Cat
|
The Old Cat
|
40
|
具殼
|
Seashell
|
|
41
|
地圖
|
The
Map
|
|
42
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規律
|
Pattern
|
|
43
|
沉船
|
Shipwreck
|
The
Sunken Ship
|
44
|
大廈
|
Mansion
|
|
45
|
新年
|
New
Year
|
|
46
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頭髮
|
Hair
|
|
47
|
眼睛
|
The
Eyes
|
|
48
|
迷藏
|
Hide
and Seek
|
Hide
and Seek
|
49
|
天書
|
Hieroglyphic Book
|
|
50
|
木炭
|
The
Charcoal
|
|
51
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玩具
|
Toys
|
|
52
|
連鎖
|
Interlocking
|
|
53
|
尋夢
|
In
Search of a Dream
|
|
54
|
第二種人
|
Human
of the Second Kind
|
|
55
|
後備
|
The Backup
|
|
56
|
盜墓
|
Tomb Raiding
|
Raiders of the Tomb
|
57
|
搜靈
|
Soul
Seeking
|
|
58
|
茫點
|
Blurred
Spot
|
|
59
|
神仙
|
Immortals
|
The Deity
|
60
|
追龍
|
Tracking
the Dragon
|
|
61
|
洞天
|
Tunnel
to the Heaven
|
|
62
|
活俑
|
Deathless
Terracotta Warrior
|
|
63
|
犀照
|
Rhino
Illumination
|
The
Magical Rhino Horns
|
64
|
命運
|
Destiny
|
|
65
|
十七年
|
17
Years
|
|
66
|
異寶
|
A
Peculiar Gem
|
|
67
|
極刑
|
Extreme
Penalty
|
|
68
|
電王
|
Home
Electricus
|
|
69
|
遊戲
|
The
Game
|
|
70
|
生死鎖
|
The
Key to Life and Death
|
|
71
|
黃金故事
|
Story of Gold
|
|
72
|
廢墟
|
The
Ruin
|
|
73
|
密碼
|
The
Cipher
|
|
74
|
血統
|
Bloodline
|
|
75
|
謎蹤
|
Mystifying
Tracks
|
|
76
|
瘟神
|
The
Plague Demon
|
|
77
|
招魂
|
Evocation
|
|
78
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背叛
|
Betrayal
|
|
79
|
鬼混
|
A
Hybrid Ghost
|
|
80
|
報應
|
Retribution
|
|
81
|
錯手
|
Err
|
|
82
|
真相
|
The
Truth
|
|
83
|
毒誓
|
Death
Oath
|
|
84
|
拚命
|
Bet
on it
|
|
85
|
怪物
|
Monsters
|
|
86
|
探險
|
Probing
|
|
87
|
繼續探險
|
Probing
Deeper
|
|
88
|
圈套
|
Pitfall
|
|
89
|
烈火女
|
Female
in Flame
|
|
90
|
大秘密
|
The
Great Secret
|
|
91
|
禍根
|
Canker
|
|
92
|
從陰間來
|
From
the Netherworld
|
|
93
|
到陰間去
|
To
the Netherworld
|
|
94
|
少年衛斯理
|
Young
Wesley Chronicles
|
|
95
|
陰差陽錯
|
Errand
and Errancy
|
|
96
|
陰魂不散
|
Lingering
Soul
|
|
97
|
許願
|
Make
a Wish
|
|
98
|
還陽
|
Resurrection
|
|
99
|
運氣
|
Living
Atmosphere
|
|
100
|
開心
|
Open
Core Surgery
|
|
101
|
轉世暗號
|
Reincarnation Signs
|
|
102
|
將來
|
The
Future
|
|
103
|
改變
|
The
Change
|
|
104
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暗號之二
|
Reincarnation
Signs II
|
|
105
|
闖禍
|
A
Fatal Deed
|
|
106
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在數難逃
|
Doomed
|
|
107
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解脫
|
Extrication
|
|
108
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遺傳
|
Inheritance
|
|
109
|
爆炸
|
The Explosion
|
|
110
|
水晶宮
|
Palace
under the Sea
|
|
111
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前世
|
Past
Life
|
|
112
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新武器
|
New
Weapon
|
|
113
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病毒
|
Virus
|
|
114
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算帳
|
Do
the Accounts
|
|
115
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原形
|
The
True Form
|
|
116
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活路
|
Way
out
|
|
117
|
雙程
|
Two-way
|
|
118
|
洪荒
|
Primeval
Chaos
|
|
119
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買命
|
Life
Quota Wanted
|
|
120
|
賣命
|
Life
Quota for Sale
|
|
121
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考驗
|
The
Trial
|
|
122
|
傳說
|
A
Tale
|
|
123
|
豪賭
|
The
Big Gamble
|
|
124
|
真實幻境
|
Concrete
Cloudland
|
|
125
|
成精變人
|
Metamorphosing
into Mankind
|
|
126
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未來身份
|
Future
Identity
|
|
127
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移魂怪物
|
Body
Snatching Monsters
|
|
128
|
人面組合
|
Combination
Face
|
|
129
|
本性難移
|
Inherence
Dies Hard
|
|
130
|
天打雷劈
|
Lightening
of Justice
|
|
131
|
另類複製
|
Different
Kind of Clone
|
|
132
|
解開密碼
|
Deciphered
|
|
133
|
異種人生
|
Alternative
Life
|
|
134
|
偷天換日
|
An
Immeasurable Fraud
|
|
135
|
閉關開關
|
In
and Out of the Retreat
|
|
136
|
行動救星
|
Act
for the Planet
|
|
137
|
乾坤挪移
|
Knowledge
Transplant
|
|
138
|
財神寶庫
|
Mammon’s
Treasury
|
|
139
|
一半一半
|
Half
and Half
|
|
140
|
身外化身
|
Replicant
Surrogates
|
|
141
|
非常遭遇
|
Extraordinary
Incident
|
|
142
|
一個地方
|
Somewhere
|
|
143
|
須彌芥子
|
A
World in a Gain of Sand
|
|
144
|
死去活來
|
Hovering
between Life and Death
|
|
145
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只限老友
|
For
Old Pals Only
|
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衛斯理影視作品(香港):
《原振俠與衛斯理》(1986)
– The Seventh Curse
《衛斯理傳奇》(1987)
– The Legend of Wisely
《衛斯理之老貓》(1992)
– The Cat
《衛斯理藍血人》(2002) – The Wesley’s Mysterious Life
《衛斯理》(2003) -
The ‘W’ Files
星加坡亞太出版社(Asiapac B
ooks)於1994
至2000
年曾推出「卫斯理传奇」(The Adventures of Wiseley)系列漫畫,黄展鸣(Wen Tian Beng)繪製,Shen Siqin、Carrie Sim、Clara Show等人翻譯。按“The Return of the Hermit”(地底奇人)序言,本系列原定十冊(a ten-volume series),最後只有八冊。黃展鳴曾在雜誌訪問中表示“we ran into problems with copyrights in Hong
Kong”。
1. The Return of the
Hermit (1994)
Join Wisely, the dashing daredevil, as the embarks on a
thrilling and perilous adventure. A strange request from a blind man leads
Wisely to a deadly encounter with the powerful 25 triads. This culminates in a journey to the notorious bandit
hideout, Daselle Island, to uncover a secret that has been left buried for
years.
Amid danger, Wisely
romances with the beautiful daughter of the triad leader, while his gregarious
cousin lends some light-hearted moments to this fast-moving suspense thriller
with her zany character
The Return of the
Hermit is the first part of a ten-volume series written by Ni Kuang(倪匡) and illustrated by sci-fi cartoonist Wee
Tian Beng(黄展鸣
).
Ni Kuang倪匡, nicknamed “the king of pocket books”, is
Hong Kong’s most famous writer as well as the author of Hong Kong’s bestselling
titles. His works, mainly novels, include adventure stories, science fictions,
and stories of detectives, ghosts and Chinese Kung fu. Of these, the most
representative and bestselling work is The Adventures of Wisely, a series loved
by both young and old.
Born in 1966 in
Singapore, Wee Tian Beng was trained in advertising art. Presently he works as
a director of NCA Graphics, a local design firm.
Since 1989, he has
been producing sci-fi comics, including titles suc as The New Frontier, Dream
Allegory and Escapist Choice. His
works have won him many fans among young comic lovers.
A Taiwanese youth
comic magazine soon discovered his talents and serialized his new work entitled
Astronotics. At present, his
illustrations on The Adventures of Wisely
are being serialized in Hong Kong.
Clara Show is a
freelance translator. She has translated the following titles in Asiapac Comic
Series: Mr. Petty, Outlaws of the Marsh, In Search of Deities, Uptown Singles and The Return of the Hermit.
2. The Mystery of the
Golden Sphere (1997)
THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN SPHERE by Ni Kuang, illustrated by
Wee Tian Beng, translated by Clara Seow (Asiapac): On the last day of her Paris
vacation, Bai Su gets a strange request from two visitors - retrieve the Golden
Sphere, symbol of the highest authority. But the ousted government and the military
junta also have their eyes on the God-given object. The search takes Bai Su to
Mysteryland, where, with the help of fiance Wisely, a battle of wits and
weapons is fought out.
3. Hide and Seek
(1998)
HIDE-AND-SEEK by Ni Kuang, illustrated by Wee Tian Beng,
translated by Clara Show (Asiapac): Spooky old castles are ideal for playing
hide-and- seek, Rainbow thought. Strangely, the one at Endoa, a country wedged
between France and Spain, bans that game. She writes to Bai Su and Wisely about
the prohibition. Intrigued, the duo seek the help of historian Wang Jufeng.
Their quest puts them on the track of a mystery that involves disappearing
people and things.
Hide and Seek – Innocent child’s game that takes on a bizarre twist
An ancient castle with an unusual regulation – the game of
hide-and-seek is prohibited. A bronze plaque with the rule inscribed on it is
discovered by Rainbow during an eeries one-night stay in the empty castle. The
discovery is made even stranger by the unexplained phenomenon experienced by
historian Wang Jufeng.
Not one to give challenges a miss, Wisely jumps into the act
and investigates the reason behind the prohibition. Somewhere in a dark corner
of the castle is the key to the deep mystery surrounding the strange appearance
and disappearance of people and things.
Is Jufeng’s creepy experience just a fragment of his own
imagination or is it more real than anyone could have imagined? Wisely and Bai
Su could well be on the brink of a starting, but exciting discovery…
Hide and Seek – a very common game that dates back to the
Tang Dynasty in China. It is also believed that the history goes back even way
before that. There are two ways to play the game. One, a player is blindfolded
while the others hide themselves. The blindfolded player has to seek them out.
Two, one or more players hide themselves within a stipulated area. The others
will seek them out.
The best place to play the game using the second method is
in a big house. There is more space for the players to hide and hence, more
difficult for them to be found.
The following story is connected to the game of
hide-and-seek and it takes place in an enormous old castle…
4. The Old Cat
(1998)
THE OLD CAT by Ni Kuang, illustrated by Wee Tian Beng,
translated by Carrie Sim (Asiapac): Old Zhang never stays put for long - no
thanks to neighbours who complain about his incessant banging and knocking, and
his strange pet. The black cat understands human language and is supposedly
3,000 years old! After breaking into the house of someone who had bought two
vases from Zhang and destroying the purchase, it kills a police- trained dog.
Where did this creature come from and what more havoc will it cause?
Zhang, an old man who lived alone with his pet cat, was a
great nuisance to his neighbours. He kept banging and knocking away in his
house day and night, even until the wee hours of the morning. Nobody living
near him could go to sleep. He shifted his house every time the neighbours
started complaining. Nobody knew what he was doing…
Zhang’s cat was a big black cat. When Zhang sold away a pair
of vases, the cat broke into the buyer’s house specially to destroy them. But
that was not all. It also killed a police-trained German Shepherd, and
understood every single word of the human language. Test conducted on a sample
of its bone composition suggested that it was more than 3,000 years old…
Find out the mystery of this old cat in this comic edition
of Wisely;s adventures written by Ni Kuang
(倪匡), the king of Chinese pocket books, and
illustrated by sci-fi cartoonist Wee Tian Ben
(黃展鳴).
About the Author & the Illustrator
Ni Kuang倪匡, nicknamed “the king of pocket books”, is
Hong Kong’s most famous writer as well as the author of Hong Kong’s bestselling
titles. His works, mainly novels, include adventure stories, science fictions,
and stories of detectives, ghosts and Chinese Kung fu. Of these, the most
representative and bestselling work is The Adventures of Wisely, a series loved
by both young and old.
WEE TIAN BENG黃展鳴, born in 1966 in Singapore, was trained in advertising art.
In 1989, he started
producing sci-fi comics, including titles such as The New Frontier, Dream
Allegory and Escapist Choice. In
1993-94, he became the first Singaporean to successfully launch his comic book
series Astronautics in Taiwan and The Adventures of Wisely in Hong Kong.
Subsequently in 1997, he repeated this feat in Mainland China when China
magazine Ke Huan Da Wang decided to
serialize his work entitled The New
Frontier.
Famous for his
martial-art comics series entitled Return
of the Condor Heroes, Wee is an avid reader of comics and enjoys swimming
and sword play.
About the Creative Assistants
Jack CHEONG張開振, born in 1971, is a Malaysian artist. After graduating from Malaysia
Institute of Art (MIA) in 1992, he was worked at various times as a display
artist, illustrators and comic artist.
Jack is interested
in drawing, music, movies, novels and playing games. Endowed with artistic
talent, he aspires to be a reputable cartoonist.
PUAY JIN黃培仁, born in 1971, is a Malaysian artist. After completing his secondary
education, he began his career working as a model maker.
Pauy Jin enjoys
travelling and drawing comic characters. His ambition is to pursue his career
in the field of arts.
5. The Sunken Ship
(1998)
THE SUNKEN SHIP by Ni Kuang, translated by Carrie Sim,
illustrated by Wee Tian Beng (Asiapac): Captain George Moore shifts course
suddenly, causing his ship to crash onto rocks and his crew to perish. He says
he was blocked by phantom vessels, but no one buys that. To salvage his career,
he takes Wisely and aquanaut McAllen out to the Atlantic Ocean, where dark
secrets drive McAllen to suicide, and push Wisely and Moore to the brink of
insanity. What's up?
6. Raiders of the
Tomb (1999)
RAIDERS OF THE TOMB by Ni Kuang, illustrated by Wee Tian
Beng, translated by Shen Siqin (Asiapac): Tomb raiders, those stealthy figures
who dig up graves under the cover of darkness, are considered thieves who rob
the dead of buried treasures. But there are people who applaud the fact that
they unearth ancient rich cultures. Wisely receives a tape from Cibe who,
together with Dan Si, had been sent by Virus to raid an Egyptian tomb. Soon
after, Dan Si is killed and Cibe goes into hiding. Wisely heads for Eygpt to
solve both mysteries.
These days we live in a world where nothing, literally
nothing, can be taken for granted. Now, more than ever, change is of the essence
and we are witnessing change on a scale never before experienced. Literature,
because it often reflects the ethos of its creative space, has had to find ways
and means to cope and come to terms with change. Hence, the old certitudes
about literature have themselves undergone change.
Once upon a time, people assumed they knew everything there
was to know and certainly in the case of literature we had terms which were
definitive. These days, however, the definitions tend to be explorative rather
than definitive. Hence, the literary writings which we classify under genres
like fantasy and science fiction; these offer us a perspective markedly
different from the real world around us. By suggesting alternative frames of
reference, our reality is transformed and we are persuaded, sometimes seduced,
to move out of ordinary into the realm of the extraordinary. The natural becomes
supernatural; the commonplace, bizarre. The “givens” which we take for granted
become fired with a passionate, searching newness that leads us to contemplate
startling revelations.
The Adventures of
Wisely invites us to participate and experience radically surprising and
refreshing realities, to see but with different eyes, to know but with a
different kind of wisdom and understanding.
Once we appreciate the genres which such books belong to, we
become pleasantly engaged in the stories and journey together with the
characters portrayd. Our reading then becomes much more sustained and
interactive. Of course, the vivid and interesting illustrations enhance our
enjoyment of the texts even more as we realise just how much talent has gone
into their creation.
The Adventures of Wisely is a lively sci-fi comics series
with interesting tales to tell. Moving across historical and geographical
boundaries, the stories render insights which tease and challenge us at the
same time.
Associate Professor Kirpal Singh
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
There are people in this world who make a living out of
digging up ancient graves and taking away the treasures buried within. Although
these people are thieves, they make significant contribution to mankind by
unveiling the rick cultures of ancient times.
Cibe and Dan Si, two of the three most outstanding tomb
raiders of the world, were Wisely’s friends. Under the instruction of Virus,
the king of tomb raiders, they headed for an ancient tomb in Egypt…
About two months after the commencement of the project,
Wisely received two audio tapes from Cibe. The tape recordings contained a
series of unusual noises and some strange sppech made by Cibe. Subsequently,
Dan Si was murdered and Cibe went into hiding…
In his quest for the truth, Wisely made a trip to Eygpt
where he unveiled the secrets associated with Dan Si’s death, and underwent one
of the most extraordinary experiences of mankind…
Find out what happened to Wisely in this comic edition of
Wisely’s adventures written by Ni Kuang
(倪匡), the king of Chinese pocket books, and
illustrated by sci-fi cartoonist Wee Tian Ben
(黃展鳴).
7. The Magical Rhino
Horns (2000)
THE ADVENTURES OF WISELY: Magical Rhino Horns by Ni Kuang,
illustrated by Wee Tian Beng, translated by Shen Siqin (Asiapac): Wisely's
friend Zhang Jian, a scientist residing in Antarctica, sends marine biologist
Hu three ice cubes. They hold the secret to life forms and the origin of life.
When the cubes begin to melt, Hu summons Wisely. Their search for answers takes
them back in time, to encounters with unusual creatures trapped within
glaciers. These confirm an ancient belief that when you burn rhino horns,
strange things are revealed.
It is believed that burning rhino horns enables us to see
things which could never be seen with the naked human eye.
Today, over at Antarctica, Wisely stumbled upon a ghostly
world, trapped within the glaciers of the South Pole were all kinds of extraordinary
creatures which the human race was seeing for the first time.
What were these creatures? Monsters? Or life forms frozen in
time over the last three glacial epochs?
Step back into time with Wisely and unravel the mystery of a
lost world…
8. The Deity
(2000)
Jia Yuzhen was a 69-year-old renowned antique dealer. He
bought an ancient screen for US$3 million. A year later, jet black hair
sprouted on his previously bald head, and he looked 30 years younger…
Did Jia Yuzhen discover an anti-ageing agent? Or, did he
transcend time and space to reverse the process of ageing? What was the secret
behind the antique screen? What had Jia Yuzhen’s experiences to do with
detities?
Find out how Wisely discovered Jia Yuzhen’s secret in this
comic edition of Wisely’s adventures!