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Atlas of Imagined Places
Atlas of Imagined Places: from Lilliput to Gotham City | Matt Brown, Rhys Davies
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From Stephen Kings Salems Lot to superhero Wakanda, from Lilliput of Gulliver's Travels to Springfield in The Simpsons, a wondrous atlas of imagined places around the world. Locations from film, tv, literature, myths, comics and video games are plotted in a series of beautiful vintage-looking maps. The maps feature fictional buildings, towns, cities and countries plus mountains and rivers, oceans and seas. Ever wondered where the Bates Motel was based? Or Bedford Falls in It's a Wonderful Life? The authors have taken years to research the likely geography of thousands of popular culture locations that have become almost real to us. Sometimes these are easy to work out but other times a bit of detective work is needed and the authors have been those detectives. By looking at the maps, you'll find that the revolution at Animal Farm happened next to Winnie the Pooh's home. Each location has an an extended index entry plus coordinates so you can find it on the maps. Illuminating essays accompanying the maps give a great insight into the stories behind the imaginary places, from Harry Potter's wizardry to Stone Age Bedrock in the Flintstones. A stunning map collection of invented geography and topography drawn from the worlds imagination. Fascinating, beautiful and an essential book for any popular culture fan and map enthusiast.
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xicanti
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This book is a lot of fun! I‘m trying to go through the maps in order, but I couldn‘t resist peeking to see if some of my favourite fictional places made it in. Weatherfield (of CORONATION STREET fame) was a given, since the atlas‘s creators are British and they state up front that they focused on English-language works for accessibility‘s sake, but I was super delighted to find Nuevo Toledo (from CLUB DE CUERVOS) in Fictional Mexico.

xicanti Other surprises: Gotham City is in New Jersey! Metropolis is in Maryland! (I always kind of forget Maryland even exists.) Star City is in California, not the Washington/Oregon mashup that lives in my head! 1y
xicanti A not-so-good surprise: the unquestioned colonial slant to a lot of the Central American fictional places. Grrr. 1y
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This week‘s library haul features three books from my Litsy stack, a memoir, and an X-Men trade I borrowed a couple months back and had to return unread because I hadn‘t read X OF SWORDS yet. Now nothing stands between me and it!

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Oh @Soubhiville this is all so very very beautiful ♥️♥️♥️♥️. Thank you so very much. Mel was so happy to see Gotham and Cabot Cove on the cover map! 🤣

LeahBergen Happy Birthday!! ❤️📚❤️📚 2y
AmyG Georgeous! Why, I see “New Jersey”. 2y
Soubhiville This looks like such a fun book! I hope you‘re having a wonderful birthday! (hopefully the back-ordered second package won‘t take too long to arrive. Extending your celebration a bit longer!) 💜🧁💜 2y
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Mitch @AmyG 🤣🤣🤣 2y
Mitch @Soubhiville it‘s a wonderful book. I‘m going to spend many winter evenings with this one xxx 2y
Mitch @LeahBergen thank you honey 2y
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