{"id":1807670,"date":"2022-06-14T14:28:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T18:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1807670"},"modified":"2022-06-16T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T14:52:02","slug":"some-critical-essays-on-maps-in-speculative-fiction-and-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/06\/some-critical-essays-on-maps-in-speculative-fiction-and-fantasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Critical Essays on Maps in Speculative Fiction and Fantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The summer 2018 issue of Modern Language Studies<\/em><\/a> had a \u201cspecial cluster\u201d on maps and speculative fiction (special cluster presumably being what you call it when your special theme doesn\u2019t take up the entire issue). Behind a paywall, but there appear to be articles on planetary cartography and Le Guin, maps in mythopoeic young-adult fantasy, and comic book and game maps. Thanks to Andreas Skyman for the tip.<\/p>\n

The online sf\/fantasy magazine Strange Horizons<\/em> (which, note, I review for<\/a>) is in the middle of their annual fundraising drive<\/a>. Their special fundraising issue includes an essay by Noemi Arellano-Summer: \u201cMaps, Worldbuilding, and the Journey in Fantasy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The summer 2018 issue of Modern Language Studies had a \u201cspecial cluster\u201d on maps and speculative fiction (special cluster presumably being what you call it when your special theme doesn\u2019t take up the entire issue).… 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":[467,4],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-1807670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-games","category-maps-and-literature","tag-fantasy-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1806156,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/03\/new-article-from-me-maps-in-science-fiction\/","url_meta":{"origin":1807670,"position":0},"title":"New Article from Me: ‘Maps in Science Fiction’","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 March 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"My article \u201cMaps in Science Fiction,\u201d which attempts a taxonomy of the maps that appear in science fiction novels, stories and media, has just been published in the February 2022 issue of The New York Review of Science Fiction. 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