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Sunday, September 8, 2013

A Good Map

Yesterday on Google+, Cole expressed his appreciation for a good map. I certainly understand their appeal: A good map really seems to conjure a sense of place, making the fantastic a bit more tangible. Here are some from fantasy literature. Maybe you can find some inspiration in them.


Pellucidar is Edgar Rice Burroughs's land within the hollow earth. Here's another map of the same setting:


Poictesme is a mythical French province, appearing in a series of novels by James Branch Cabell:


Lemuria is the stomping grounds of Thongor, Lin Carter's barbarian hero of the forgotten prehistoric past:


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8 comments:

  1. The Angry LurkerSeptember 8, 2013 at 12:24 PM

    Poictesme is good, the more detail the better.

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  2. ColeSeptember 8, 2013 at 2:17 PM

    that Poictesme map is some hotness

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  3. Timmy CrabcakesSeptember 8, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    I always loved those Pellucidar maps... it could just be the line weights and lettering styles. For some reason they remind me of Oz.

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  4. TreySeptember 8, 2013 at 2:30 PM

    @Cole - Yeah, it took me a bit of looking to find it in color.

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  5. Justin S. DavisSeptember 11, 2013 at 6:34 AM

    Those sweet maps are yet more proof I haven't read enough pulp barbarian / lost world fiction.

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  6. TreySeptember 11, 2013 at 6:42 AM

    There's always time. :)

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  7. garrisonjamesSeptember 27, 2013 at 2:39 PM

    Love these sorts of maps. Lin Carter did a map for each of his series in the Burroughsian style and it is very cool. Clean, simple, and it works. Classic coolness.

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  8. TreySeptember 30, 2013 at 6:15 AM

    I'm a fan of those,too.

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