About the author

Lin Yuan is an author about whom limited public information is available. Within the current records, four works are confirmed under this name, all belonging to the Guiren Huandengchao series, commonly classified under otherworld continents and foreign literature. Representative titles include Guiren Huandengchao (II), Edo Chapter: The Garden of Happiness; the Guiren Huandengchao Collection (Volumes 1–4); the Guiren Huandengchao Volumes III & IV boxed set; and Guiren Huandengchao III: Edo Chapter—Remnant Snow and Drunken Dreams. The series is published by Science Fiction World and included in its World Fantasy Masters series. Judging from the titles and chapter names, the works are set against the Edo period and carry fantasy and otherworldly elements, with a clear volume structure and collected editions. Since birth and death dates, nationality, and an English name are absent from the records, details of the author's life and writing career cannot be elaborated, and readers may come to know the writing mainly through this series.

Written (4)

Rating 4.0★ Demon-Man Magic Lantern Chronicles Collection (Volumes 1-4) (Produced by Science Fiction World; World Fantasy Masters Series) 中西元雄 / 张乐 / 林园 TIANDI PRESS · 2026 This four-volume set includes Guijin Huandengchao Volume 1: Kuzuno—Bubbles of the Past, Volume 2: Edo—The Garden of Happiness, Volume 3: Edo—Lingering… Rating 3.9★ Demon-Man Magic Lantern Chronicles Volumes 3 & 4 (Two-Volume Set, Produced by Science Fiction World; World Fantasy Masters Series) 中西元雄 / 林园 / 张乐 TIANDI PRESS · 2026 This two-volume set includes Guijin Huandengchao Volume 3: Edo—Lingering Snow, Drunken Dreams and Volume 4: Bakumatsu—The Logic of the Amanojaku. Rating 3.8★ Demon-Man Magic Lantern Chronicles Volume 3: Edo Chapter: Lingering Snow and Drunken Dreams 中西元雄 / 林园 TIANDI PRESS · 2026 In the third year of Ansei, a sake called "Lingering Snow" suddenly became all the rage in Edo. Jin'ya, busy with commissions to exterminate demons, w… Rating 4.2★ Demon Magic Lantern Chronicles (II) Edo Chapter: The Garden of Happiness 中西元雄 / 林园 TIANDI PRESS · 2025 To face the kijin destined to descend upon the world one hundred and seventy years hence, Jin'ta takes the name Jin'ya and sets out on a long journey.…

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TIANDI PRESS