{"id":1789525,"date":"2020-10-12T10:41:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789525"},"modified":"2020-10-12T10:41:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:41:59","slug":"the-delusive-cartographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/the-delusive-cartographer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Delusive Cartographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Delusive Cartographer<\/a>,\u201d a fantasy short story by Rich Larson<\/a> published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/em> in 2015, plays with the familiar trope of a lost treasure map<\/a>. In this story that map is hidden in a prison, which the story\u2019s two rapscallions must break into in order to retrieve the map. Larson throws in more than one plot twist to confound things; the final paragraph\u2019s reveal is well set-up but still surprising.<\/p>\n

Related: Fiction About Maps: A Bibliography<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Delusive Cartographer,\u201d a fantasy short story by Rich Larson published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies in 2015, plays with the familiar trope of a lost treasure map. In this story that map is hidden in… 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":[4],"tags":[745,746],"class_list":["post-1789525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-maps-and-literature","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1711,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/a-qa-with-fantasy-cartographer-jonathan-roberts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789525,"position":0},"title":"A Q&A with Fantasy Cartographer Jonathan Roberts","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Quartz\u2019s Corinne Purtill has a Q&A with fantasy cartographer Jonathan Roberts, who drew the maps in\u00a0The Lands of Ice and Fire (see my review). Roberts has a lot of interesting things to say about his work, the differences between the\u00a0Game of Thrones TV show and the books, and fantasy map\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Maps and Literature"","block_context":{"text":"Maps and Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/maps-and-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5300,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/01\/four-map-stories\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789525,"position":1},"title":"Four Map Stories","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 January 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I have not forgotten my Maps in Science Fiction and Fantasy project, though it's lain fallow for a bit while I juggled other things. 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