{"id":127,"date":"2016-01-07T10:49:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:08:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:08:28","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Articles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonathancrowe.net\/essays\/maps-in-science-fiction\"><strong>Maps in Science Fiction<\/strong><\/a><br><em>The New York Review of Science Fiction<\/em> 356 (Feb 2022), pp. 23-27<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/celebrating-christopher-tolkiens-cartographic-legacy\/\"><strong>Celebrating Christopher Tolkien\u2019s Cartographic Legacy<\/strong><\/a><br>Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 22 Jan 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/where-do-fantasy-maps-come-from\/\">Where Do Fantasy Maps Come From?<\/a><\/strong><br>Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 23 Sep 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/fantasy-maps-dont-belong-in-the-hands-of-fantasy-characters\/\">Fantasy Maps Don\u2019t Belong in the Hands of Fantasy Characters<\/a><\/strong><br>Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 28 May 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/what-does-a-fantasy-map-look-like\/\">What Does a Fantasy Map Look Like?<\/a><\/strong><br>Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 19 Mar 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/the-dunedain-and-the-deep-blue-sea-on-numenorean-navigation\/\">The D\u00fanedain and the Deep Blue Sea: On N\u00famen\u00f3rean Navigation<\/a><\/strong><br>Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 7 Nov 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonathancrowe.net\/essays\/here-be-blank-spaces\">Here Be Blank Spaces: Vaguely Medieval Fantasy Maps<\/a><\/strong><br><em>The New York Review of Science Fiction<\/em>\u00a0300 (Aug 2013), pp. 14-16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reviews<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/non-fiction\/the-cartographers-by-peng-shepherd\/\"><strong>Review of&nbsp;<em>The Cartographers<\/em> by Peng Shepherd<\/strong><\/a><br><em>Strange Horizons<\/em>, 22 Jul 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonathancrowe.net\/reviews\/star-maps\"><strong>Review of&nbsp;<em>Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography<\/em>, 3rd ed., by Nick Kanas<\/strong><\/a><br><em>Calafia<\/em>, Mar 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/a-literary-love-letter-to-maps-the-writers-map\/\">A Literary Love Letter to Maps:&nbsp;<em>The Writer\u2019s Map<\/em><\/a><\/strong><br>Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 26 Nov 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Articles Reviews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1620,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":0},"title":"Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"For the past few years, I've been working somewhat diffidently\u00a0on a research project that combines two obsessions: science fiction\u00a0and fantasy, and maps. The end result of this project will be\u00a0a few semi-scholarly articles, and convention presentations, as well as materials on this website. I\u2019m interested in the following questions: First,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":523,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/fantasy-maps\/fantasy-maps-nonfiction-bibliography\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":1},"title":"Fantasy Maps Nonfiction Bibliography","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Abercrombie, Joe. \u201cThe Role of Maps in Narrative: \u2018The Heroes,\u2019\u201d in\u00a0Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer (Abrams Image, 2013), pp. 227-230. Acks, Alex. \u201cTolkien\u2019s Map and the Messed Up Mountains of Middle-earth.\u201d Tor.com (now Reactor), 1 Aug 2017. \u2e3b. \u201cTolkien\u2019s Map and the Perplexing River Systems of Middle-earth.\u201d Tor.com (now Reactor), 10\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4747,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/fiction-about-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":2},"title":"Fiction About Maps: A Bibliography","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"7 September 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Children\u2019s Books\/Young Adult Comics Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Literary\/Mainstream Mysteries Poetry To Investigate \u261e b blog post; r review Children\u2019s Books\/Young Adult Abrahamson, Karen L. The Cartographer's Daughter. Twisted Root, 2011. Hargrave, Kiran Millwood.\u00a0The Girl of Ink and Stars.\u00a0Chicken House, 2016.b Keene, Carolyn (Mildred Wirt Benson). The Quest of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/about\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":3},"title":"About","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 December 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Map Room\u00a0is a blog about maps that\u00a0covers everything from antique map collecting to the latest in geospatial technology. \"One of the finest map blogs on the Internet.\" \u2014Mike Parker,\u00a0Map Addict (2009) Jonathan Crowe started The Map Room in March\u00a02003 as an exercise in self-education. He wasn't a map expert\u2014he\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1786877,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/map-books-of-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":4},"title":"Map Books of 2019","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 December 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are the books that, to my knowledge, have been published or are scheduled to be published in 2019. To suggest\u00a0a book\u00a0for\u00a0this list, please contact me.\u00a0If you are a publisher, author or publicist of one of these books and would like to send me a review copy, see the reviewing\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/celestial-atlas-132x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/celestial-atlas-132x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/celestial-atlas-132x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1789926,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/map-books-of-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":5},"title":"Map Books of 2021","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 January 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are the map- and cartography-related books that, to my knowledge, have been published or are scheduled to be published in 2021. This page will be updated throughout the year as I receive new information.\u00a0To suggest a book for this list, please contact me. 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