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FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 5:27 PM

I think request might be right up Dennis's alley. If not, I hope
someone can answer it.

Patron is looking for a book of "fantasy maps." That is a compilation
of maps from fantasy novels, preferably in color. He gave no specifics
such as particular authors, titles, or even publishing date.

Anything like this exist?

Thanks in advance.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

FROM: "Linda Knorr" <[removed]@dppl.org>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 5:45 PM

A Tourist Guide to Lancre: A Discworld Mapp - by Terry Pratchett - has some fun fantasy maps from the Discworld series.

Linda Knorr
Des Plaines Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: ROBIN BEERBOWER [[removed]@mail.open.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:24 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Book of Fantasy Maps?

I think request might be right up Dennis's alley. If not, I hope
someone can answer it.

Patron is looking for a book of "fantasy maps." That is a compilation
of maps from fantasy novels, preferably in color. He gave no specifics
such as particular authors, titles, or even publishing date.

Anything like this exist?

Thanks in advance.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 5:50 PM

At 03:24 PM 1/13/04 -0800, you wrote:
>I think request might be right up Dennis's alley. If not, I hope
>someone can answer it.
>
>Patron is looking for a book of "fantasy maps." That is a compilation
>of maps from fantasy novels, preferably in color. He gave no specifics
>such as particular authors, titles, or even publishing date.
>
>Anything like this exist?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Robin Beerbower
>Salem (OR) Public Library

Long out of print, but maybe ILLable (not from us, though). There
was also an earlier 1973 edition from Mirage Press, which I think
is scarcer (Mirage was a small concern).

See also:

Author Manguel, Alberto.
Title The dictionary of imaginary places / Alberto Manguel & Gianni
Guadalupi ; illustrated by Graham Greenfield ; with additional
illustrations by Eric Beddows ; maps and charts by James Cook.
Edition Newly updated and expanded.
Published New York : Harcourt Brace, c2000.
Description xvi, 755 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Availability UM DULUTH Library REF GR650 .M36 2000 Non-Circulating
Availability UM MORRIS Briggs Library Reference GR650 .M36 2000
Non-Circulating
Availability TC Wilson Library Reference GR650 .M36 2000 Non-Circulating

Summary "From Atlantis to Xanadu, this Baedeker of make-believe takes
readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from
Homer's day to our own." "Most every fanciful world from books and film is
included: Shangri-La and El Dorado are here, as is Utopia, Tolkien's
Middle-earth, and Carroll's Wonderland, as well as the Beatles' Pepperland,
the Marx Brothers' Freedonia, and a strange little town called Stepford.
The history and behavior of the inhabitants of these lands are described in
detail and supplemented by more than 220 maps and illustrations that depict
the lay of the land in a host of elsewheres." "Now brought up-to-date with
dozens of new entries for such places as Jurassic Park, Salman Rushdie's
Sea of Stories, and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, this volume is even more
comprehensive and entertaining."--BOOK JACKET. bnatoc
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject LC Geographical myths -- Dictionaries.
Imaginary places -- Dictionaries.

which has more text, but also includes maps for many.

Seems to me there's another thing of this sort recently published,
but if so I'm blanking on name; more if my brain spits it out later.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

Author Post, Jeremiah Benjamin, 1937-
Title An atlas of fantasy / compiled by J. B. Post.
Edition [New, rev. ed.]
Published New York : Ballantine Books, 1979.
Description xiv, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 22 x 28 cm.

Availability TC Andersen Library Rare Books (Sherlock Holmes) G3122 .P6
1979 Non-Circulating
Availability TC Wilson Library Borchert Map G3122 .P6 1979 Regular Loan

Indexed by De Waal C12137.2
Subject LC Geographical myths -- Maps.
Folklore -- Maps.
Voyages, Imaginary -- Maps.
Imaginary places -- Maps.
ISBN 0345273990 : $8.95 ($9.95 Can)

FROM: "C. L. Quillen" <[removed]@mtlaurel.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 5:50 PM

Could it be "The Once upon a Time Map Book: Your Guide to the Enchanted
Forest, the Giant's Kingdom, Neverland, the Land of Oz, Aladdin's Kingdom,
Wonderland and a Pop-Up Royal Castle"
by B. G. Hennessy. I sort of remember talking about another source in my
reference class, but this was the only title I could come up with.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C. L. Quillen-Cornwall, MSLS
Librarian, Mount Laurel Library
100 Walt Whitman Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Phone: 856-234-7319, ext. 313, Email: [removed]@mtlaurel.lib.nj.us
http://www.mtlaurel.lib.nj.us

...the public talked about 'a new Silas Weekly' or 'a new
Lavinia Fitch' exactly as they talked about 'a new brick' or
'a new hairbrush.'...Their interest was not in the book but in
its newness. They knew quite well what the book would be like.
-- Josephine Tey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of ROBIN BEERBOWER
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 6:24 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Book of Fantasy Maps?

I think request might be right up Dennis's alley. If not, I hope
someone can answer it.

Patron is looking for a book of "fantasy maps." That is a compilation
of maps from fantasy novels, preferably in color. He gave no specifics
such as particular authors, titles, or even publishing date.

Anything like this exist?

Thanks in advance.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 6:01 PM

At 03:24 PM 1/13/04 -0800, you wrote:
>I think request might be right up Dennis's alley. If not, I hope
>someone can answer it.
>
>Patron is looking for a book of "fantasy maps."

Just realized I cut and pasted badly. The "long out of print" title
with 1st ed. from Mirage is ATLAS OF FANTASY, whose record got
stuck at the bottom of my message; the more recent DICTIONARY OF
IMAGINARY PLACES is still in print but less map-oriented. Clearer
now...?

I think the third title I was trying to think of was ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF THINGS THAT NEVER WERE by Michael Page and Robert Ingpen (1987).
That does include a few maps, but not many.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 1/13/04, 6:01 PM

At 05:38 PM 1/13/04 -0600, you wrote:
>A Tourist Guide to Lancre: A Discworld Mapp - by Terry Pratchett - has
some fun fantasy maps from the Discworld series.
>
>Linda Knorr

Actually there've been four Discworld Mapp sets--others are for Ankh-Morpork,
Death's Domain, and one for Discworld as a whole. There've also been
others for single author/series titles like Donaldson's The Land,
Tolkien (of course) etc. I got impression patron was looking for/
hoping for a volume that covered maps from a number of sources, so
didn't go beyond the couple I suggested.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "Roberta Johnson" <[removed]@dppl.org>
REC'D: 1/14/04, 1:57 PM

There is also a really gorgeous new edition of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel. This book has descriptions of fictional settings from Narnia to Middle Earth, many illustrated with beautiful maps. I highly recommend it for happy reading punctuated with "ooooh, look at this one!"

Roberta

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 1/15/04, 3:34 PM

Thanks to all who suggested titles for this request. Thanks to this
response I discovered our copy of this book has been on order since
2002, so I was able to resubmit a request to purchase.

Robin

>>> [removed]@dppl.org 01/14/04 11:49AM >>>
There is also a really gorgeous new edition of The Dictionary of
Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel. This book has descriptions of
fictional settings from Narnia to Middle Earth, many illustrated with
beautiful maps. I highly recommend it for happy reading punctuated with
"ooooh, look at this one!"

Roberta

FROM: "Carolyn Leifheit " <[removed]@oswego.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/20/04, 11:43 AM

For your consideration ... but our old edition hasn't gotten much use.
Carolyn

>>> "Roberta Johnson" <[removed]@dppl.org> 01/14/04 01:49PM >>>
There is also a really gorgeous new edition of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel. This book has descriptions of fictional settings from Narnia to Middle Earth, many illustrated with beautiful maps. I highly recommend it for happy reading punctuated with "ooooh, look at this one!"

Roberta

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