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K. J. Parker’s “Let Maps to Others<\/a>,” a novella published in Subterranean<\/em>, deals with themes of interest to those of us interested in maps in fantasy fiction, though it’s not a map story per se. The story deals with the discovery of the country of Essecuivo three centuries prior by an explorer whose manuscript about it has been lost, and for which the coordinates are unknown. It’s narrated by an unnamed scholar of Essecuivo, whose actions regarding the lost manuscript lead to a duke mounting an expedition to find the place. A grand story that may end up on award ballots next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

K. J. Parker’s “Let Maps to Others,” a novella published in Subterranean, deals with themes of interest to those of us interested in maps in fantasy fiction, though it’s not a map story per se.… 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],"class_list":["post-5398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-maps-and-literature","tag-fantasy","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1806482,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/03\/the-tolkien-estates-new-website-includes-manuscript-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":5398,"position":0},"title":"The Tolkien Estate’s New Website Includes Manuscript Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 March 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"The Tolkien Estate now has a website, which among other things includes J.\u00a0R.\u00a0R.\u00a0Tolkien\u2019s own paintings, illustrations\u2014and maps. 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