{"id":4747,"date":"2017-09-07T11:49:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?page_id=4747"},"modified":"2025-07-06T08:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T12:23:38","slug":"fiction-about-maps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/fiction-about-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiction About Maps: A Bibliography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#cya\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#cya\">Children\u2019s Books\/Young Adult<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#com\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#com\">Comics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#fsf\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#fsf\">Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#lit\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#lit\">Literary\/Mainstream<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#mys\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#mys\">Mysteries<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#poe\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#poe\">Poetry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#toi\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#toi\">To Investigate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u261e <em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em> blog post; <em><sup>r<\/sup><\/em> review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cya\">Children\u2019s Books\/Young Adult<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Abrahamson, Karen L. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0987780123\/maproom-20\">The Cartographer&#8217;s Daughter<\/a><\/em>. Twisted Root, 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hargrave, Kiran Millwood.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0553535315\/maproom-20\"><em>The Girl of Ink and Stars<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Chicken House, 2016.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/07\/the-cartographers-daughter\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keene, Carolyn (Mildred Wirt Benson). <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/044809519X\/maproom-20\">The Quest of the Missing Map<\/a><\/em>. Grosset &amp; Dunlap, 1942.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zelazny, Roger. <em>Here, There Be Dragons<\/em>. Donald M. Grant, 1992.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/09\/here-there-be-dragons\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"com\">Comics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Jasper, Michael and Niki Smith. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/niki-smith.com\/InMapsAndLegends\/\">In Maps and Legends<\/a><\/em>. Online comic, 2011.<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2011\/02\/maps_in_comics_in_maps_legends.php\"><em><sup>r<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schuiten, Fran\u00e7ois and Benoit Peeters. <em>The Invisible Frontier<\/em>. 2 vols. NBM Publishing, 2002-2004.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2015\/10\/a-fantasy-map-roundup\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fsf\">Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Ashley, Charlotte. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunastationquarterly.com\/story\/eleusinian-mysteries\/\">Eleusinian Mysteries<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Luna Station Quarterly<\/em>\u00a023 (Sep 2015).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2015\/09\/eleusinian-mysteries\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Berg, Carol. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0451461568\/maproom-20\">Flesh and Spirit<\/a><\/em>. Roc, 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0451462475\/maproom-20\">Breath and Bone<\/a><\/em>. Roc, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boyczuk, Robert. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1927469279\/maproom-20\">The Book of Thomas, Volume One: Heaven<\/a><\/em>. ChiZine, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brennan, Marie.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1616963468\/maproom-20\"><em>Driftwood<\/em><\/a>. Tachyon, 2020.<a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/non-fiction\/driftwood-by-marie-brennan\/\"><em><sup>r<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cato, Beth. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/fantasy\/magic-and-wizardry\/beth-cato\/cartographers-ink\">Cartographer\u2019s Ink<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Daily Science Fiction<\/em>, 24 Aug 2012.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/05\/four-more-map-stories\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysciencefiction.com\/hither-and-yon\/slipstream\/beth-cato\/maps\">Maps<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Daily Science Fiction<\/em>, 14 Feb 2013.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/05\/four-more-map-stories\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cheney, Matthew. \u201cA Map of the Everywhere.\u201d <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1931520240\/maproom-20\">Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing<\/a><\/em>, Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss, eds. (Small Beer Press, 2007), pp. 207-221.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/01\/four-map-stories\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cockayne, Steve. <em>Wanderers and Islanders<\/em>. Orbit, 2002.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>The Iron Chain<\/em>. Orbit, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>The Seagull Drovers<\/em>. Orbit, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cuinn, Carrie. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/how-to-recover-a-relative-by-carrie-cuinn\/\">How to Recover a Relative Lost During Transmatter Shipping, In Five Easy Steps<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Journal of Unlikely Cartography<\/em>, Jun 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Davenport, L. M. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shimmerzine.com\/hic-sunt-leones-by-l-m-davenport\/\">Hic Sunt Leones<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Shimmer<\/em> 35 (Jan 2017).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Domingue, Ronlyn. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B008J2C4XC\/maproom-20\"><em>The Mapmaker\u2019s War<\/em><\/a>. Atria, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duncan, Andy.&nbsp;<em>The Night Cache<\/em>. PS Publishing, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dung Kai-cheung. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/023116100X\/maproom-20\">Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City<\/a><\/em>. Trans. by Dung Kai-cheung, Anders Hansson, and Bonnie S. McDougall. Columbia University Press, 2012.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/09\/dung-kai-cheungs-atlas\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eikamp, Rhonda. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/the-occluded-by-rhonda-eikamp\/\">The Occluded<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Journal of Unlikely Cartography<\/em>, Jun 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gilman, Felix. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B000W93DLM\/maproom-20\"><em>Thunderer<\/em><\/a>. Bantam, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goldstein, Lisa. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B00N2CLVYW\/maproom-20\"><em>Tourists<\/em><\/a>. Rev. ed. Tor, 1994.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harrow, Alix E. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/the-autobiography-of-a-traitor-and-a-half-savage\/\">The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 14 Dec 2016.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/12\/the-autobiography-of-a-traitor-and-a-half-savage\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Howard, Kat. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/all-of-our-past-places-by-kat-howard\/\">All of Our Past Places<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Journal of Unlikely Cartography<\/em>, Jun 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Klages, Ellen. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/subterraneanpress.com\/magazine\/winter_2014\/caligo_lane_by_ellen_klages\">Caligo Lane<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Subterranean<\/em>, Winter 2014.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/05\/four-more-map-stories\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>King, Stephen. \u201cMrs. Todd\u2019s Shortcut.\u201d 1984. Reprinted in&nbsp;<em>Skeleton Crew<\/em>&nbsp;(Putnam, 1985), pp. 181-202.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kirstein, Rosemary. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B00HH1U8Z2\/maproom-20\"><em>The Steerswoman<\/em><\/a>. Del Rey, 1989.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B00J89CKQ6\/maproom-20\"><em>The Outskirter\u2019s Secret<\/em><\/a>. Del Rey, 1992.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B00J8BY6CU\/maproom-20\"><em>The Lost Steersman<\/em><\/a>. Del Rey, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B00JTNDL0A\/maproom-20\"><em>The Language of Power<\/em><\/a>. Del Rey, 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Larson, Rich. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/the-delusive-cartographer\/\">The Delusive Cartographer<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Beneath Ceaseless Skies<\/em> 187 (24 Nov 2015).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/the-delusive-cartographer\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lipkin, Shira. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/the-cartographers-requiem-by-shira-lipkin\/\">The Cartographer\u2019s Requiem<\/a>.\u201d <em>Journal of Unlikely Cartography<\/em>, Jun 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loenen-Ruiz, Rochita. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philippinegenrestories.com\/2012\/06\/song-of-the-body-cartographer\/\">Song of the Body Cartographer<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Philippine Genre Stories<\/em>, 15 Jun 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Owen, James A. <em>Here, There Be Dragons<\/em>. Simon &amp; Schuster, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>The Search for the Red Dragon<\/em>. Simon &amp; Schuster, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>The Indigo King<\/em>. Simon &amp; Schuster, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>The Shadow Dragons<\/em>. Simon &amp; Schuster, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>The Dragon\u2019s Apprentice<\/em>. Simon &amp; Schuster, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>The Dragons of Winter<\/em>. Simon &amp; Schuster, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parker, K. J. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/subterraneanpress.com\/magazine\/summer_2012\/let_maps_to_others_by_k_j_parker\">Let Maps to Others<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Subterranean<\/em>, Summer 2012.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/11\/let-maps-to-others\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pinsker, Sarah. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/how-a-map-works-by-sarah-pinsker\/\">How a Map Works<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Journal of Unlikely Cartography<\/em>, Jun 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Polanco Masa, Alejandro. <em>El viaje de Argos<\/em>. Scyla, 2012.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/04\/el-viaje-de-argos\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priest, Christopher. <em>The Islanders<\/em>. Gollancz, 2011.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonathancrowe.net\/reviews\/the-islanders\"><em><sup>r<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rowe, Christopher. \u201cAnother Word for Map is Faith.\u201d\u00a0<em>The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction<\/em> 111, no. 2 (Aug 2006). Reprinted in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1618731327\/maproom-20\"><em>Telling the Map<\/em><\/a> (Small Beer Press, 2017).<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2006\/09\/another_word_for_map_is_faith.php\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shepherd, Peng.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0062910698\/maproom-20\"><em>The Cartographers<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/the-cartographers-peng-shepherd?variant=39379930054690\">William Morrow<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionbooks.co.uk\/titles\/peng-shepherd\/the-cartographers\/9781398705425\/\">Orion<\/a>, 2022.<em><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/07\/review-the-cartographers\/\">b<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/non-fiction\/the-cartographers-by-peng-shepherd\/\">r<\/a><\/sup><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swanwick, Michael. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/the-dala-horse\/\">The Dala Horse<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 13 Jul 2011.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/01\/four-map-stories\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tolkien, J. R. R. <em>The Hobbit<\/em>. Allen &amp; Unwin, 1937.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuomala, A. M. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1952456126\/maproom-20\"><em>The Map and the Territory<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.candlemarkandgleam.com\/shop\/the-map-and-the-territory\/\">Candlemark and Gleam<\/a>, 2022.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/new-fantasy-novel-the-map-and-the-territory\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Valente, Catherynne M. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/valente_05_08\/\">A Buyer\u2019s Guide to Maps of Antarctica<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Clarkesworld<\/em>\u00a020 (May 2008).<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2009\/04\/a_buyers_guide_to_maps_of_antarctica.php\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0553385763\/maproom-20\"><em>Palimpsest<\/em><\/a>. Bantam, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <a href=\"http:\/\/a-fwd.com\/uk=thmaro-21&amp;ca=maproomca-20&amp;com=maproom-20&amp;asin-uk=178033981X&amp;asin-ca=1250010195&amp;asin-com=1250010195\"><em>The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making<\/em><\/a>. Feiwel &amp; Friends, 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Van Pelt, James. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unlikely-story.com\/stories\/this-gray-rock-by-james-vanpelt\/\">This Gray Rock, Standing Tall<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Journal of Unlikely Cartography<\/em>, Jun 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White, N. E., ed. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B01MYNOQSZ\/maproom-20\">You Are Here: Tales of Cartographic Wonders<\/a><\/em>. 2016.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/09\/you-are-here-an-anthology-of-sffantasy-map-stories\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilde, Fran. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/an-explorers-cartography-of-already-settled-lands-fran-wilde\/\">An Explorer\u2019s Cartography of Already Settled Lands<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 22 Apr 2020.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/04\/an-explorers-cartography-of-already-settled-lands\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilson, Alex. \u201cA Wizard of MapQuest.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/smallbeerpress.com\/lcrw\/2008\/11\/01\/lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-no-23\/\"><em>Lady Churchill\u2019s Rosebud Wristlet<\/em>&nbsp;23<\/a>&nbsp;(Nov 2008).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilson, Robert Charles. \u201cThe Inner Inner City.\u201d 1997. Reprinted in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/031287524X\/maproom-20\">The Perseids and Other Stories<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Tor, 2000), pp. 69-92.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2014\/05\/four-more-map-stories\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wolfe, Gene. \u201cThe Map.\u201d 1984. Reprinted in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0765310333\/maproom-20\"><em>Endangered Species<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Tor, 1989), pp. 20-36.<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/01\/four-map-stories\/\"><sup>b<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yu, E. Lily. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/yu_04_11\/\">The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Clarkesworld<\/em>\u00a055 (Apr 2011).<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2011\/04\/the_cartographer_wasps_and_the_anarchist_bees.php\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"lit\">Literary\/Mainstream<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Borges, Jorge Luis. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/On_Exactitude_in_Science\">On Exactitude in Science<\/a>.\u201d (\u201cDel rigor en la ciencia,\u201d 1946.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bourke, Thomas.\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1786487594\/maproom-20\">The Consolation of Maps<\/a>.<\/em> riverrun, 2018.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/the-consolation-of-maps\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gopegui, Bel\u00e9n. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/087286510X\/maproom-20\">The Scale of Maps<\/a><\/em>. Trans. by Mark Schafer. City Lights, 2010.<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2011\/03\/the_scale_of_maps.php\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Larsen, Reif. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0143117351\/maproom-20\">The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet<\/a><\/em>. Penguin, 2009.<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2009\/05\/the_selected_works_of_t_s_spivet.php\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lopez, Barry. \u201cThe Mappist.\u201d\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0679754482\/maproom-20\">Light Action in the Caribbean<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Knopf, 2000), pp. 146-162.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2012\/01\/four-map-stories\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stevenson, Robert Louis. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Treasure_Island\">Treasure Island<\/a><\/em>. Cassell, 1883.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mys\">Mysteries<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Fairstein, Linda. <em>Lethal Legacy<\/em>. Doubleday, 2009.<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2009\/02\/lethal_legacy_map_theft_crime_novel.php\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harrison, Colin. <em>You Belong to Me<\/em>. Sarah Crichton, 2017.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/07\/the-map-collecting-author-and-his-map-collecting-character\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marcuson, Steven. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/B01I0TJ9G8\/maproom-20\">The Bunting Quest<\/a><\/em>. Hybrid, 2016.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/11\/the-bunting-quest\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terrell, Heather. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0345494695\/maproom-20\">The Map Thief<\/a><\/em>. Ballantine, 2008.<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.maproomblog.com\/2008\/08\/the_return_of_gavin_menzies.php\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"poe\">Poetry<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Bishop, Elizabeth. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/the-map\/\">The Map<\/a>.\u201d <em>North and South<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin, 1946).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2015\/12\/maps-and-poetry\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hasler, Emily. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/booksblog\/2013\/nov\/04\/poem-of-the-week-emily-hasler\">Cartography for Beginners<\/a>.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therialto.co.uk\/pages\/product\/the-rialto-magazine-76\/\"><em>The Rialto<\/em> 76<\/a> (Autumn 2012). Reprinted at <em>The Guardian<\/em>, 4 Nov 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miller, Kei. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1847772676\/maproom-20\">The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion<\/a><\/em>. Carcanet Press, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slessor, Kenneth. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/the-atlas\/\">The Atlas<\/a>.\u201d <em>Cuckooz Contrey<\/em> (1932).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2015\/12\/maps-and-poetry\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Szymborska, Wis\u0142awa. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/04\/14\/map\">Map<\/a>.\u201d Trans. by Clare Cavanagh. <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, 14 Apr 2014.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/02\/wislawa-szymborskas-map\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taaffe, Sonya, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/not-one-of-us.pub\/other-publications\/the-direction-of-escape-2022\/\">The Direction of Escape<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<em>Not One of Us<\/em>, 2022.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/03\/the-direction-of-escape\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilde, Fran. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BOrgBlklaSY\/\">The Map Year<\/a>.&#8221; Instagram post, 31 Dec 2016.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/12\/a-map-poem-to-end-the-year\/\"><em><sup>b<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toi\">To Investigate<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Ashley, Allen. \u201cA Life in Maps.\u201d <em>The Third Alternative<\/em> 13 (1997); <em>Urban Fantastic<\/em> (Crowswing Books, 2006).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burchill, Julie. \u201cA Map of the Heart.\u201d <em>The Time Out Book of London Short Stories<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flynn, Michael. <em>The January Dancer<\/em>. Tor, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gentle, Mary. <em>Rats and Gargoyles<\/em>. Bantam, 1990.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gilman, Felix. <em>Gears of the City<\/em>. Bantam, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelleghan, Fiona. \u201cThe Secret in the Chest: With Tests, Maps, Mysteries, and Intermittent Discussion Questions.\u201d <em>Realms of Fantasy<\/em> 5, no. 1 (Oct 1998).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lewis, D. F. \u201cA Map of Memories.\u201d <em>Palace Corbie Eight<\/em> (Merrimack Books, 1999).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Massey, Misty. \u201cAt Map\u2019s End.\u201d <em>Rum and Rhinestones<\/em> (Dragon Moon Press, 2010).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stackpole, Michael A. <em>A Secret Atlas<\/em>. Bantam, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>Cartomancy<\/em>. Bantam, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <em>The New World<\/em>. Bantam, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u261e b blog post; r review Children\u2019s Books\/Young Adult Comics Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Literary\/Mainstream Mysteries Poetry To Investigate<\/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-4747","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1620,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":4747,"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. 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