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Post by derv on Jul 14, 2012 9:11:02 GMT -6
I was digging around in the attic and found this book I had picked up at a used book store for $3. I had forgotten all about it. It's called "An Atlas of Fantasy" by J.B. Post. It's a 200+ page tome of maps and descriptions taken from literature and folklore. It's by no means exhaustive, but it includes a number of topics and maps of interest to gamers. Including Tolkien's Middle-earth, Burroughs Barsoom, Clark Ashton Smiths Hyperborea, Vance's Dying Earth, Lovecraft's Dreamland, Terry Brooks the Four Lands, etc. All the maps seem to be taken from the sources, so they are all of differing quality. The book was published in 1979 by Ballantine Books. This may be worth looking for on Amazon if you're looking for ideas for your next campaign, have a general interest in maps, or want a supplement to your Appendix N library. I'm unaware of any other collection like this book.
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Post by crusssdaddy on Jul 14, 2012 11:51:26 GMT -6
Doesn't happen to have any Dunsany in it, does it? Maps in particular...
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Post by derv on Jul 14, 2012 12:10:28 GMT -6
sadly, no. there is no reference to Lord Dunsany.
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Post by Finarvyn on Jul 14, 2012 13:13:11 GMT -6
Here is a list of maps. (Warning: there are actually two editions of the book, slightly different, and I'm not 100% certain which maps are in which edition and which ones were left out.)
EDEN
ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE AZORES
UTOPIA — Based on Thomas Moore's Utopia
SCHLARAFFENLANDE
HELL - (Based on John Milton's description)
MAPPA GEOGRAPHIAE NATURALIS - (Didactic map by Matthäus Seutter)
ATTACK OF LOVE - (Allegorical map by Matthäus Seutter)
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS — From John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
VOYAGES OF LEMUEL GULLIVER - From Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels - (Houyhnhnms Land, Lilliput and Blefuscu, Brobdingnag, Luggnagg etc., and Laputa)
ALLESTONE — From the stories of Thomas Williams Malkin
ROAD TO HELL
BARSETSHIRE - Based on the works of Anthony Trollope
WORLD OF SHERLOCK HOLMES - Based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle
Dartmoor
Operation Reichenbach
MAP OF MATRIMONY
MAP OF A GREAT COUNTRY
TREASURE ISLAND — From Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND — From Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
CHAIRMAN ISLAND — From Jules Verne's A Long Vacation
SEA OF DREAMS — Drawn for Rudyard Kipling's story "The Brushwood Boy"
THE INTERIOR WORLD - From William R. Bradshaw's Goddess of Atvatabar
OZ AND ENVIRONS — Based on L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Magical Countries Surrounding Oz
MOUSELAND — From Edward Earle Childs' The Wonders of Mouseland
GOSPEL TEMPERANCE RAILROAD MAP
THE WORLDS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Barsoom
Pal-ul-Don
Land of the Ant Men
Onthar and Thenar
The Lost Empire
Amtor
Pellucidar
The Moon
Poloda and Omos
Caspak and Caprona
Wild Island
POOH'S TURF - From A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
POICTESME - Based on the works of James Branch Cabell
HYBORIAN AGE - Based on the stories of Robert E. Howard
ALIMENTARY CANAL - From George S. Chappell's Through the Alimentary Canal with Gun and Camera
ENVIRONS OF TOAD HALL - From Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
THE WORLDS OF J. R. R. TOLKIEN
Middle-earth poster map
Middle-earth from The Lord of the Rings
Gondor and Mordor from The Lord of the Rings
The Shire from The Lord of the Rings
Thror's Map from The Hobbit
Wilderland from The Hobbit
Beleriand from The Silmarillion
THE THREE KINGDOMS AND OUROBOROS COUNTRY - From E. R. Eddison's Mistress of Mistresses and The Worm Ouroboros
FAIRYLAND - (By Bernard Sleigh)
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS — From Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons
ISLANDIA - From Mark Saxton's The Islar
RAINTREE COUNTY — From Ross Lockridge, Jr.'s Raintree County
NARNIA - Based on the series of novels by C. S. Lewis
DALARNA — From Fletcher Pratt's The Well of the Unicorn
COMMONWEALTH — From John Myers Myers' Silverlock
THE WORLDS OF CAPTAIN FUTURE
The Other Side of the Moon
Aar
Eros
Futuria
Mars
Mercury
Moons of Mars
Neptune
Pirates' Planet
Pluto
Saturn
The Twin Planets
Uranus
DISPROPORTIONATE MAPS
The United States as Viewed by California
A Texan's Idea of the United States
A Bostonian's Idea of the United States
LEIGH BRACKETT'S MARS - Based on the stories by Leigh Brackett
LAND BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS - From Carol Kendall's The Gammage Cup
SLOBBOVIA - Based on the work of Al Capp
HYPERBOREA - Based on the work of Clark Ashton Smith
ZOTHIQUE - Based on the stories of Clark Ashton Smith
QUIVERA - From Vaughan Wilkins' The City of Frozen Fire
JEFFERSON, YOKNAPATAWPHA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI& - From William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!
THE WITCH WORLD - Based on the series of novels by Andre Norton
HI-IAY ISLANDS - From Gerolf Steiner's The Snouters
EARTHSEA - From Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea
THE LANDS BEYOND - From Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth
SECRET WORLD OF OG - From Pierre Berton's The Secret World of Og
DILFAR AND ENVIRONS - Based on the tales of Roger Zelazny
THE YOUNG KINGDOMS - Based on the stories of Michael Moorcock
THE DYING EARTH - From Jack Vance's The Dying Earth
LANKHMAR IN THE LAND OF NEHWON - Based on the works of Fritz Leiber
PRYDAIN - Based on the stories of Lloyd Alexander
The Book of Three
The High King
The Black Cauldron
LEMURIA - Based on the works of Lin Carter
MARS - From Ray Bradbury's story "The Million Year Picnic"
THE SEVERN VALLEY AT BRICHESTER - From J. Ramsey Campbell's The Inhabitant of the Lake
DUNE - From Frank Herbert's Dune
MONGO - From Flash Gordon
ATLANTIS - Based on the stories of Henry Kuttner
TYROS - Based on the stories of John Jakes
KANTHOS, SULMANNON, AND ANZOR - From Alex Dain's Bane of Kanthos
GWYNNEDD AND ITS NEIGHBORS - From a series of novels by Katherine Kurtz
PERN - From a series of novels by Anne McCaffrey
THE DUCHY OF STRACKENZ - From George MacDonald Fraser's Royal Flash
THE WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT
Dreamland
Arkham
MAFRICA - (Miniature wargaming map by Jack Scruby)
THE BEKLAN EMPIRE - From Richard Adams' Shardik
MAP OF FLORIN AND GUILDER - From William Goldman's The Princess Bride
THE WORLDS OF ERIK JOHN STARK - Based on the novels of Leigh Brackett
Stark's Journey to the Citadel
Stark's Return to Irnan
Stark's and Gerrith's Journey to Iubar
THE FOUR LANDS - From Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara
THE LAND - From a series of novels by Stephen R. Donaldson
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Post by derv on Jul 14, 2012 13:58:18 GMT -6
Yes, the content of my book seems to mirror your list exactly Finn. On the cover it says "New, Revised Edition". There seems to have been a previous edition from 1973. Of particular interest, my book seems to have been personally given to Stephanie by Santa Clause himself on the Christmas of 1979  . That autograph has to add to the value of this book beyond its explicit usability for gaming. |
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Post by Finarvyn on Jul 14, 2012 14:15:32 GMT -6
Wikipedia reports that 12 maps were dropped from the '73 edition and 14 were added to the '79 one, but I can't find my copy at the moment so I can't double-check to see which ones. Wikipedia helpfully doesn't say which ones were added or dropped.  |
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Post by crusssdaddy on Jul 14, 2012 15:07:04 GMT -6
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Post by talysman on Jul 14, 2012 15:33:22 GMT -6
I believe I read one edition of this and always wanted a copy. The distinctive thing I remember about the book I read was that one of the maps was done by a little girl who died young; her father published a limited run book of her drawings, maps, and stories as a memorial to her.
The book I did buy was more of an encyclopedic work with few full-page maps, but lots of smaller inset maps and a lot of entries from travel fantasies from the 15th through 18th centuries. I think it's the Dictionary of Imaginary Places, but I don't have it handy to verify.
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Post by derv on Jul 14, 2012 18:22:40 GMT -6
Through a little digging I came up with this for the first edition of the book.
Content of 1973 edition of An Atlas of Fantasy
Eden
Mappa Geographiae Naturalis
Attack of Love
Atlantic Ocean
Schlaraffenlande
Disproportionate Maps
Maps of Matrimony
Course of Truelove River
Map of a Great Country
Gospel Temperance Railroad Map
Two Roads from the Cradle to Eternity
Hell
Road to Hell
Pilgrim’s Progress
Creed Crusher
Slobbovia
Alimentaary Canal
Hi-Iay Islands
Mouseland
Environs of Toad Hall
Pooh’s Turf
Sea of Dreams
The Land Beyond
Island of Tangerina and the Wild Island
Knee Deep in Thunder
Beneath the Hill
Secret World of Og
Swallows and Amazons
Land Between the Mountains
Fairyland
Babyland
Oz and Environs
Voyages of Lemuel Gulliver
Allestone
Mysterious Island
Chairman Island
Treasure Island
Quivera
Baretshire
Baskerville Hall
Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
Raintree County
Strackenz
Utopia
Islandia
Middle-Earth
Barsoom
Paul-ul-Don
Land of the Ant Men
Onthar and Thenar
The Lost Empire
Amtor (Venus)
The Moon
Beyond the Furthest Star
Caspak and Caprona
Wild Island
Poictesme
Narnia
The Three Kingdoms and Ouroboros Country
Honoy and Nordanay
Hyborian Age
Lankhmar in the Land of Nehwon
Dalarna
Prydain
The Witch World
Earthsea
Atlantis
Land Where No Man Goeth
Tyros
Dilfar and Environs
The Young Kingdoms
Kanthos, Sulmannon, and Anzor
Commonwealth
The Interior World
Arkham
The Dreamworld of H.P. Lovecraft
Hyperborea
Zothique
The Dying Earth
Lemuria
Simrana
The Severn Valley at Brichester
Map of Jophan’s Quest
Mongo
Mars
The Worlds of Captain Future
Mafrica
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Post by Falconer on Jul 14, 2012 19:05:27 GMT -6
Swallows and Amazons Forever!!
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Post by kesher on Jul 15, 2012 9:28:11 GMT -6
If someone decides to run an Attack of Love campaign, please let me know...  |
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Post by derv on Jul 15, 2012 11:35:04 GMT -6
 ..........curiously the text for Attack of Love is in minuscule French and German and I have no idea what those deviants are concocting (I can only leave it up to your imagination) ;D.
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Post by garham on Jul 15, 2012 13:06:12 GMT -6
How are the leigh brackett mars maps?? I've never seen a map based on her mars before and I think her solar system stuff has some of the best gaming potential as far non-burroughs sword&planet stuff goes.
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Post by derv on Jul 15, 2012 13:23:53 GMT -6
How are the leigh brackett mars maps?? I've never seen a map based on her mars before and I think her solar system stuff has some of the best gaming potential as far non-burroughs sword&planet stuff goes. they are clear and concise. I'm not sure what type of detail you're looking for, but they include all the major geography, cities, and ruins. Basically, the map is two circles (eastern & western hemisphere) with the cardinal compass directions surrounding them. there is only one page dedicated to this map. hope this helped. |
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Post by Falconer on Jul 15, 2012 16:09:14 GMT -6
I sort of got the impression in reading Brackett that her Mars and Venus differ from story to story, in history and in geography. While staying within a general concept.
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Post by garham on Jul 15, 2012 19:21:16 GMT -6
I sort of got the impression in reading Brackett that her Mars and Venus differ from story to story, in history and in geography. While staying within a general concept. I'm pretty sure you're right. |
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. That autograph has to add to the value of this book beyond its explicit usability for gaming.
..........curiously the text for Attack of Love is in minuscule French and German and I have no idea what those deviants are concocting (I can only leave it up to your imagination) ;D.