tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008217764991774516.post5073649580374656423..comments2024-03-28T09:24:58.391-04:00Comments on Stuff I Like: A Blog: More Worlds Fantastic and StrangeThe Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008217764991774516.post-36583198102594613562016-01-18T19:51:21.071-05:002016-01-18T19:51:21.071-05:00Bah and humbug I say! No Map? Time to grab a pitch...Bah and humbug I say! No Map? Time to grab a pitchfork, storm the castle and hang the rascal! LOL!! ;-)Blackthorn D. Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455492914625901974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008217764991774516.post-54653526102530242292016-01-17T22:12:21.526-05:002016-01-17T22:12:21.526-05:00Yep, that was how I felt growing up. I'm more ...Yep, that was how I felt growing up. I'm more forgiving when there isn't one these days.The Wasphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008217764991774516.post-4751315935425576342016-01-15T20:12:02.268-05:002016-01-15T20:12:02.268-05:00These maps remind me of when I first started readi...These maps remind me of when I first started reading S&S in the late 60's and through the 70's. The maps that appeared in Conan,Brak, Thongor, etc. were all part and parcel of the background to the stories.<br />I recently re-read a book Called "The Bane Of Kanthos" by Alex Dain. The author had apparently lost he original hand drawn map, so they used what was obviously a scan taken from an old and most likely discolored copy of the ACE Double paperback it originally appeared in.<br />I remember feeling cheated if I didn't get a map in one of the old S&S novels.<br />Ah, the good old days.Blackthorn D. Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455492914625901974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008217764991774516.post-11674760130295343472016-01-09T16:31:15.611-05:002016-01-09T16:31:15.611-05:00And of course that makes perfect sense when you sa...And of course that makes perfect sense when you say it, but Middle-earth succeeds so well as a created world, it always felt like the maps came first, illustrating a real, tangible place. The story's events are tailored by the geography, not the other way round.<br /><br />Those inset illustrations are wonderful. I never really saw them until the other day.The Wasphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008217764991774516.post-6993495391860844262016-01-09T16:13:19.762-05:002016-01-09T16:13:19.762-05:00The maps were what first drew me into Tolkien. I&#...The maps were what first drew me into Tolkien. I'd just come back from two weeks of backpacking in New Mexico. In reading his letters, I was surprised to learn how he adjusted geography to suit the story, and not the other way around.<br /><br />I seem to recall seeing a large poster of Pauline Baynes' Narnia map hanging in someone's house a long time ago. I wasn't aware that she had done Tolkien maps. I like the way the inset circles combine the story with the geography.Raphael Ordoñezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991011024942623986noreply@blogger.com