{"id":1786763,"date":"2018-11-26T19:10:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786763"},"modified":"2019-03-19T10:29:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:29:23","slug":"the-writers-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/11\/the-writers-map\/","title":{"rendered":"The Writer’s Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>My review<\/a> of The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands<\/em><\/a><\/strong> went live today on Tor.com.<\/p>\n

Edited by the historian of exploration Huw Lewis-Jones, The Writer’s Map<\/em> is a collection of essays and maps that explore the relationship between maps and stories; the essays are written both by the creators of those stories\u2014Cressida Cowell, Lev Grossman, Frances Hardinge, David Mitchell and Philip Pullman make appearances\u2014and by the mapmakers who were inspired by those stories, such as Roland Chambers, Daniel Reeve and others. It also draws an important connection between travel and adventure stories of the past and modern fantasy, and explains why “here be dragons” is as much an attractant as it is a warning. Read my review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Writer’s Map<\/em> is published by Thames and Hudson<\/a> in the U.K. and by the University of Chicago Press<\/a> in North America, from which I received a review copy.<\/p>\n

Previously: More from (and on) The Writer’s Map<\/a>; David Mitchell on Starting with a Map<\/a>; Essays on Literary Maps: Treasure Island, Moominland and the Marauder’s Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My review of The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands went live today on Tor.com. Edited by the historian of exploration Huw Lewis-Jones, The Writer’s Map is a collection of essays and maps that… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,960],"tags":[30,31],"class_list":["post-1786763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-maps-and-literature","category-my-stuff","tag-books","tag-fantasy-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786498,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/more-from-and-on-the-writers-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786763,"position":0},"title":"More from (and on) The Writer’s Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 October 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"On Monday\u00a0I received a review copy of The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands, a collection of essays edited by Huw Lewis-Jones. 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