{"id":523,"date":"2016-01-25T15:24:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T20:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:00:07","slug":"fantasy-maps-nonfiction-bibliography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/fantasy-maps\/fantasy-maps-nonfiction-bibliography\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Maps Nonfiction Bibliography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Abercrombie, Joe. \u201cThe Role of Maps in Narrative: \u2018The Heroes,\u2019\u201d in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1419704427\/maproom-20\">Wonderbook<\/a><\/em> by Jeff Vandermeer (Abrams Image, 2013), pp. 227-230.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acks, Alex. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/tolkiens-map-and-the-messed-up-mountains-of-middle-earth\/\/\">Tolkien\u2019s Map and the<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/tolkiens-map-and-the-messed-up-mountains-of-middle-earth\/\"> Messed Up Mountains of Middle-earth<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 1 Aug 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/tolkiens-map-and-the-perplexing-river-systems-of-middle-earth\/\">Tolkien\u2019s Map and the Perplexing River Systems of Middle-earth<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 10 Oct 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ahmed, Saladin. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/01\/06\/168631403\/at-home-in-fantasys-nerd-built-worlds\">At Home in Fantasy\u2019s Nerd-Built Worlds<\/a>.\u201d NPR.org, 6 Jan 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alexander, K. M. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kmalexander.com\/2024\/02\/28\/we-need-to-talk-about-your-rivers\/\">We Need to Talk About Your Rivers,<\/a>\u201d Blog post, 28 Feb 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anders, Lou. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mundiekids.blogspot.ca\/2015\/06\/thrones-bones-nightborn-by-lou-anders.html\">Mapping the Fantastic: A Chat with Cartographer Robert Lazzaretti<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<cite>Mundie Kids<\/cite>&nbsp;(blog), 22 June 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arellano-Summer, Noemi. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/wordpress\/non-fiction\/maps-worldbuilding-and-the-journey-in-fantasy\/\">Maps, Worldbuilding, and the Journey in Fantasy<\/a>.\u201d <em>Strange Horizons<\/em>, Jun 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Behrooz, Anahit. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1350290807\/maproom-20\">Mapping Middle-earth: Environmental and Political Narratives in J. R. R. Tolkien\u2019s Cartographies<\/a><\/em>. Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blando, Jared.&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/1440340242\/maproom-20\">How to Draw Fantasy Art and RPG Maps: Step by Step Cartography for Gamers and Fans<\/a><\/em>. Impact Books, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bushell, Sally. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utpjournals.press\/doi\/10.3138\/carto.47.3.1202\">The Slipperiness of Literary Maps: Critical Cartography and Literary Cartography<\/a>.\u201d <em>Cartographica<\/em> 47, no. 3 (2012), pp. 149-160.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Card, Orson Scott.&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/158297103X\/maproom-20\">How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/a><\/em>. Writer\u2019s Digest Books, 1990.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chabon, Michael. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/2009\/07\/16\/manhood-for-amateurs-the-wilderness-of-childhood\/\">Manhood for Amateurs: The Wilderness of Childhood<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>The New York Review of Books<\/em>, 16 July 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cheney, Matthew. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mumpsimus.blogspot.ca\/2006\/07\/maps-and-fantasy.html\">Maps and Fantasy<\/a>.\u201d <em>The Mumpsimus<\/em> (blog), 12 July 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cep, Casey N. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/the-allure-of-the-map\">The Allure of the Map<\/a>.\u201d <em>The New Yorker<\/em> (online), 22 Jan 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crowe, Jonathan. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonathancrowe.net\/essays\/here-be-blank-spaces\/\">Here Be Blank Spaces: Vaguely Medieval Fantasy Maps<\/a>.\u201d <em>The New York Review of Science Fiction<\/em> 300 (Aug 2013), pp. 14-16.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/09\/the-territory-is-not-the-map\/\">The Territory Is Not the Map<\/a>.\u201d <em>The Map Room<\/em>&nbsp;(blog), 27 Sept 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/what-does-a-fantasy-map-look-like\/\">What Does a Fantasy Map Look Like?<\/a>\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 19 Mar 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/fantasy-maps-dont-belong-in-the-hands-of-fantasy-characters\/\">Fantasy Maps Don\u2019t Belong in the Hands of Fantasy Characters<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 28 May 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/where-do-fantasy-maps-come-from\/\">Where Do Fantasy Maps Come From?<\/a>\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 23 Sep 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/celebrating-christopher-tolkiens-cartographic-legacy\/\">Celebrating Christopher Tolkien\u2019s Cartographic Legacy<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 22 Jan 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonathancrowe.net\/essays\/maps-in-science-fiction\/\">Maps in Science Fiction<\/a>.\u201d <em>The New York Review of Science Fiction<\/em> 356 (Feb 2022), pp. 23-27.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danielson, Stentor. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.valpo.edu\/journaloftolkienresearch\/vol6\/iss1\/4\/\">Re-reading the Map of Middle-earth: Fan Cartography&#8217;s Engagement with Tolkien&#8217;s Legendarium<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Journal of Tolkien Research<\/em> 6, no. 1 (2018).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daub, Adrian. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/longreads.com\/2017\/08\/24\/fantasy-maps-game-of-thrones\/\">Here at the End of All Things<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Longreads<\/em>, Aug 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Davis, Lauren. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/10-rules-for-making-better-fantasy-maps-1680429159\">10 Rules for Making Better Fantasy Maps<\/a>.\u201d io9.com, 19 Jan 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dennard, Susan \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/torforgeblog.com\/2016\/01\/04\/making-maps-the-weight-of-imaginary-geography\/\">Making Maps: The Weight of Imaginary Geography<\/a>.\u201d Tor\/Forge blog, 4 Jan 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dickinson, Seth. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151102215742\/http:\/\/www.omnivoracious.com\/2015\/10\/how-seth-dickinson-built-the-epic-fantasy-world-of-baru-cormorant.html\">How Seth Dickinson Built the Epic Fantasy World of Baru Cormorant<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Omnivoracious<\/em> (blog), 30 Oct 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ekman, Stefan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mythotopes.wordpress.com\/2010\/12\/26\/an-asian-age-of-discovery-and-a-lost-hand\/\">An Asian Age of Discovery\u2014and a Lost Hand<\/a>.\u201d <em>Mythotopes<\/em> (blog), 26 Dec 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mythotopes.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/03\/whats-the-point-of-mapping-imaginary-worlds\/\">What\u2019s the Point of Mapping Imaginary Worlds?<\/a>\u201d <em>Mythotopes<\/em> (blog), 3 Feb 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/081957323X\/maproom-20\"><em>Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings<\/em><\/a>. Wesleyan University Press, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elliott, Kate. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imakeupworlds.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/\">Maps (and Miscellaneous)<\/a>.\u201d <em>I Make Up Worlds<\/em> (blog), 25 June 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gailey, Sarah. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2019\/01\/01\/hippos-worldbuilding-and-amateur-map-making\/\">Hippos, Worldbuilding, and Amateur Map-Making<\/a>.\u201d 2017. Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 1 Jan 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grossman, Lev. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/levgrossman.com\/2011\/06\/an-interview-with-the-cartographer-the-making-of-the-magician-king-map\/\">An Interview with the Cartographer: The Making of the Magician King Map<\/a>.\u201d Levgrossman.com (blog), 23 June 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haft, Adele J. \u201cLiterature and Cartography,\u201d in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.press.uchicago.edu\/books\/HOC\/HOC_V6\/Volume6.html\"><em>The History of Cartography, Volume 6: Cartography in the Twentieth Century<\/em><\/a>, Mark Monmonier, ed. (University of Chicago Press, 2015), pp. 782-787.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harper, Tom. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bl.uk\/maps\/articles\/what-is-a-fantasy-map\">What Is a Fantasy Map?<\/a>\u201d British Library website, 27 Oct 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harpold, Terry. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.depauw.edu\/sfs\/backissues\/95\/harpold95-images.htm\">Verne\u2019s Cartographies<\/a>.\u201d <em>Science Fiction Studies<\/em> 32, no. 1 (Mar 2005), pp. 18-42.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hester, Jessica Leigh. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/fantastical-maps-to-escape-into\">Escape Into These Fantastical, Imaginary Maps<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Atlas Obscura<\/em>, 9 Apr 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hinton, James. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/worldbuildingschool.com\/real-world-maps\/\">Real World Maps vs. Fantasy Maps: Which Makes Sense?<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<cite>The Worldbuilding School<\/cite>&nbsp;(blog), 22 April 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacobs, Frank. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bigthink.com\/strange-maps\/509-magical-siberia-a-russian-take-on-middle-earth\">509 &#8211; Magical Siberia: A Russian Take on Middle-earth<\/a>.\u201d <em>Strange Maps<\/em> (blog), 11 April 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jennings, Kathleen. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tanaudel.wordpress.com\/2025\/01\/24\/the-wild-huntress-map-process\/\">The Wild Huntress\u2014Map Process<\/a>.\u201d Blog post, 24 Jan 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jimenez, Simon. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/fantasy-mapmaking-for-the-spear-cuts-through-water\/\/\">You Are (Not) Here: Fantasy Mapmaking for <em>The Spear that Cuts Through Water<\/em><\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 25 Aug 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johnson, Victoria. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theawl.com\/2012\/02\/maps-of-fictional-places\">The Maps We Wandered Into as Kids<\/a>.\u201d <em>The Awl<\/em>, 7 Feb 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jones, Diana Wynne. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0142407224\/maproom-20\"><em>The Tough Guide to Fantasyland<\/em><\/a>. Rev. ed. New York: Firebird, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J\u00f6nsson, Johan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/wordpress\/non-fiction\/articles\/the-reader-and-the-map\/\">The Reader and the Map<\/a>.\u201d <em>Strange Horizons<\/em>, 10 July 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"bibliography\">Kaveney, Roz. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/sf-encyclopedia.co.uk\/fe.php?nm=maps\">Maps<\/a>.\u201d <em>The Encyclopedia of Fantasy<\/em>, John Clute and John Grant, eds. (1997; Orbit, 1999).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kirkpatrick, Russell. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/fablecroft.com.au\/miscellaneous\/on-maps-and-authorial-authority-in-fantasy-guest-post\">On Maps and Authorial Authority in Fantasy<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>FableCroft<\/em> (blog), 13 Sept 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kirstein, Rosemary. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosemarykirstein.com\/2016\/01\/map-work\/\">Map Work<\/a>.\u201d Blog post, 31 January 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lambert, L\u00e9opold. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/thefunambulist.net\/2015\/01\/22\/literature-the-militaristic-essence-of-cartography-in-the-invisible-frontier-by-schuiten-and-peeters\/\">The Militaristic Essence of Cartography in the Invisible Frontier by Schuiten and Peeters<\/a>.\u201d <em>The Funambulist<\/em>, 22 Jan 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leroy, Fabrice. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altaplana.be\/dossiers\/games_without_frontiers\">Games Without Frontiers: The Representation of Politics and the Politics of Representation in Schuiten and Peeters\u2019s <em>La Fronti\u00e8re Invisible<\/em><\/a>.\u201d <em>History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels,<\/em> Mark McKinney, ed. (University Press of Mississippi, 2008), pp. 117-136.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lewis-Jones, Huw.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/022659663X\/maproom-20\"><em>The Writer\u2019s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands<\/em><\/a>. Thames &amp; Hudson\/University of Chicago Press, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malyon, Serena. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/mapping-the-dreamlands-of-kij-johnsons-the-dream-quest-of-vellitt-boe\/\">Mapping the Dreamlands of Kij Johnson\u2019s <em>The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe<\/em><\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 2 Aug 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McCalmont, Jonathan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120118185027\/http:\/\/www.sfdiplomat.net\/sf_diplomat\/2007\/02\/the_aesthetics_.html\">The Aesthetics of Fantasy\u2014Part One<\/a>.\u201d <em>SF Diplomat<\/em> (blog), 25 Feb 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120119025242\/http:\/\/www.sfdiplomat.net\/sf_diplomat\/2007\/02\/the_aesthetics__1.html\">The Aesthetics of Fantasy\u2014Part Two<\/a>.\u201d <em>SF Diplomat<\/em> (blog), 27 Feb 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muehreke, Phillip C. and Juliana O. Muehreke. \u201cMaps in Literature.\u201d <em>Geographical Review<\/em> 64, no. 3 (July 1974), pp. 317-338.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Murphy, Ciara. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/childrens-books-site\/2015\/nov\/11\/putting-childrens-literature-on-the-map-young-adult\">From Middle Earth to Hundred Acre Wood: putting fiction on the map<\/a>.\u201d <em>The Guardian<\/em>, 11 Nov 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>O\u2019Connell, A. J. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bookriot.com\/2015\/08\/24\/on-maps-in-fantasy-novels\/\">On Maps in Fantasy Novels<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Book Riot<\/em>, 24 Aug 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bookriot.com\/2015\/09\/02\/making-maps-books-two-cartographers-tell-us-done\/\">Making Maps for Books: Two Cartographers Tell Us How It\u2019s Done<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<cite>Book Riot<\/cite>, 2 Sept 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Padr\u00f3n, Ricardo. \u201cMapping Imaginary Worlds,\u201d in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0226010759\/maproom-20\">Maps: Finding Our Place in the World<\/a><\/em>, James R. Akerman and Robert W. Karrow Jr., eds. (University of Chicago Press, 2007), pp. 255-287.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patton, Jeffrey C. and Nancy B. Ryckman. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartographicperspectives.org\/index.php\/journal\/article\/view\/cp06-patton-ryckman\/1149\">Maps in Children\u2019s Literature<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Cartographic Perspectives&nbsp;<\/em>6 (Summer 1990), pp. 3-12. DOI:10.14714\/CP06.1110<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul, Tim. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/creating-the-map-for-the-drowning-eyes\/\">Creating the Map for <em>The Drowning Eyes<\/em><\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 13 Jan 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Porkc, Thijs. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dutchanglosaxonist.com\/2015\/11\/19\/the-medieval-in-middle-earth-thrors-map\/\">The Medieval in Middle-Earth: Thror\u2019s Map<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Dutch Anglo-Saxonist<\/em> (blog), 19 Nov 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post, J. B.&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/o\/ASIN\/0345273990\/maproom-20\">An Atlas of Fantasy<\/a><\/em>. Rev. ed. Ballantine, 1979.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranson, Clare. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/ED400859.pdf\">Cartography in Children\u2019s Literature<\/a>.\u201d <em>Sustaining the Vision: Selected Papers from the Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship<\/em> (International Association of School Librarianship, 1996), pp. 164-66.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renk, Thorsten. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phy.duke.edu\/~trenk\/darkover\/darkover_map.html\">Mapping Darkover<\/a>.\u201d Online essay, n.d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roberts, Jonathan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasticmaps.com\/2015\/05\/mapping-an-ember-in-the-ashes\/\">Mapping <em>An Ember in the Ashes<\/em><\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<cite>Fantastic Maps<\/cite>&nbsp;(blog), 10 May 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SF Signal. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2011\/08\/mind_meld_which_fantasy_maps_are_your_favorites\/\">Mind Meld: Which Fantasy Maps Are Your Favorites?<\/a>\u201d <em>SF Signal<\/em>, 24 Aug 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2012\/02\/mind-meld-makeup-myke-cole-on-fantasy-maps\/\">Mind Meld Makeup: Myke Cole on Fantasy Maps<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>SF Signal<\/em>, 14 Feb 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sibley, Brian. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/briansibleysblog.blogspot.ca\/2006\/10\/mapping-imagination.html\">Mapping the Imagination<\/a>.\u201d <em>Brian Sibley: His Blog<\/em> (blog), 1 Oct 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Squire, Ringer. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/09\/11\/38485-why-are-there-no-\u2018towers-of-a-distant-city\u2019-on-the-map-of-middle-earth\/\">Why are there no \u2018towers of a distant city\u2019 on the map of Middle-earth?<\/a>\u201d TheOneRing.net, &nbsp;11 Sept 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smith, Cynthia. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/maps\/2022\/01\/jules-verne-and-his-geographical-novels\/\">Jules Verne and His Geographical Novels<\/a>.\u201d <em>Worlds Revealed<\/em> (blog), 25 Jan 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stahl, Hannah. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/loc\/2016\/10\/lcm-mapping-the-imaginary\/\">Mapping the Imaginary<\/a>.\u201d <em>Library of Congress Magazine<\/em> 5, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2016),&nbsp;pp. 10-13.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stevenson, Robert Louis. \u201cMy First Book: Treasure Island.\u201d&nbsp;<cite>The Idler<\/cite>&nbsp;6, Aug 1894.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stewart, Isaac. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/how-to-make-a-fantasy-world-map-emperors-blades\/\">How to Make a Fantasy World Map<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 11 Dec 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tam, Nicholas. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicholastam.ca\/2011\/04\/18\/here-be-cartographers-reading-the-fantasy-map\/\">Here Be Cartographers: Reading the Fantasy Map<\/a>.\u201d <em>Nick\u2019s Caf\u00e9 Canadien<\/em> (blog), 18 April 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taylor, Rachel. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.torforgeblog.com\/2021\/04\/28\/mapping-the-freedom-race-with-lucinda-roy\/\">Mapping&nbsp;<em>The Freedom Race<\/em> with Lucinda Roy<\/a>.\u201d Tor\/Forge Blog, 28 Apr 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tor.com. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/unveiling-the-world-map-for-jy-yangs-fantastical-tensorate-series\/\">Unveiling the World Map for JY Yang\u2019s Fantastical Tensorate Series<\/a>.\u201d Tor.com (now <em>Reactor<\/em>), 20 Jun 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilde, Fran. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/franwilde.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/30\/a-map-year\/\">A Map Year<\/a>.\u201d Blog post, 30 Jan 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XenkanMonk. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/fantastiquecollective.tumblr.com\/post\/16471468082\/the-bigass-things-i-hate-in-fantasy-maps-post\">The Bigass Things I Hate In Fantasy Maps Post<\/a>.\u201d Tumblr post, 25 Jan 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2e3b. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/fantastiquecollective.tumblr.com\/post\/17215661898\/the-bigass-fantasy-maps-i-love-post\">The Bigass Fantasy Maps I Love Post<\/a>.\u201d Tumblr post, 7 Feb 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To Investigate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These I have not seen. Citations may not be accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list bibliography\">\n<li>Carlson, Claudia. \u201cMapping Real and Imaginary Worlds: Graphic Design in the Pursuit of Learning.\u201d <em>The Portolan<\/em> 87 (Fall 2013).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day, Frank W. \u201cThe Role and Purpose of the Map in Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature.\u201d M.A. thesis, Bowling Green State University, 1979.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duane, Diane. \u201cCartography for Other Worlds: A Short Look at a Neglected Subject.\u201d <em>SFWA Bulletin<\/em> 11, no. 5 (1976), pp. 10-14.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ekman, Stefan. \u201cExploring the Maps of Secondary Worlds.\u201d Paper presented at the 29th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Florida, 19-22 March 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engberg-Pedersen, Anders, ed. <em>Literature and Cartographies: Theories, Histories, Genres<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/direct.mit.edu\/books\/edited-volume\/3507\/Literature-and-CartographyTheories-Histories\">MIT Press<\/a>, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greene, Amelia Z. \u201c\u2018If You Can See a Thing Whole\u2019: Planetary Cartography and Global Ontology.\u201d <em>Modern Language Studies<\/em> 48, no. 1 (Summer 2018), pp. 16-31.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hann, Deborah G. \u201cMaps in Children\u2019s Literature: Their Uses, Forms, and Functions.\u201d M.A. thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hunt, Peter. \u201cLandscapes and Journeys, Metaphors and Maps: The Distinctive Feature of English Fantasy.\u201d <em>Children\u2019s Literature Association Quarterly<\/em> 12, no. 1 (1987), pp. 11-14.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mayer, So and Sarah Shin. <em>The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverpress.org\/collections\/spiral-house\/products\/the-word-for-world\">Spiral House<\/a>, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McDermott, Paul. \u201cThe Design of Fictional Maps.\u201d <em>Proceedings of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping<\/em>, Fall 1976, pp. 348-362.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petel, Claude. \u201cLa Cartographie des \u2018Voyages Extraordinaires.\u2019\u201d <em>Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Jules Verne<\/em> 123 (1997), pp. 42-44.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sibley, Brian.&nbsp;<em>The Maps of Tolkien&#8217;s Middle-earth<\/em>. Houghton Mifflin, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walker, R. C. \u201cThe Cartography of Fantasy,\u201d <em>Mythlore<\/em> 7, no. 4 (1981), pp. 37-38.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Westphal, Bertrand. <em>Geocriticism: Real and Fictional Spaces<\/em>. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Investigate These I have not seen. 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