{"id":1808675,"date":"2022-08-22T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1808675"},"modified":"2022-08-22T12:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T16:37:49","slug":"another-onion-riff-on-fantasy-novels-and-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/08\/another-onion-riff-on-fantasy-novels-and-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Onion Riff on Fantasy Novels and Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The Onion<\/em>: Underwhelming Fantasy Novel Starts With Map Of Ohio<\/a>. \u201cFeeling let down to see a straightforward rendering of the Midwestern state, local reader Kyle Nuebart reported Friday that underwhelming fantasy novel Dayton Rising<\/em> featured a map of Ohio in its opening pages.\u201d I\u2019m impressed that they went to the trouble of creating a fantasy map of Ohio to illustrate a one-joke article (admittedly, it\u2019s a really good joke).<\/p>\n

Previously: The Onion on Fantasy Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Onion: Underwhelming Fantasy Novel Starts With Map Of Ohio. \u201cFeeling let down to see a straightforward rendering of the Midwestern state, local reader Kyle Nuebart reported Friday that underwhelming fantasy novel Dayton Rising featured… 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":[936,192,353],"class_list":["post-1808675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-maps-and-literature","tag-fun","tag-funny","tag-the-onion","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1192,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/03\/the-onion-on-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808675,"position":0},"title":"The Onion on Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 March 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The Onion, two years ago: \"Unable to picture where in the Grand Realm the destroyed fortress was in relation to the dreaded desert of Quiltar, a fully grown adult man referred to the map on the opening pages of the fantasy novel\u00a0The Tower Of Astalon\u00a0Friday to determine the location of\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":1136,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/03\/when-fantasy-authors-arent-fans-of-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808675,"position":1},"title":"When Fantasy Authors Aren’t Fans of Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"7 March 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"The\u00a0Book Riot piece I linked to in January by A. 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