This week, the magic of maps in fantasy fiction -- and in Tolkien in particular -- and an introduction to the podcast.
Show Notes
- L Frank Baum's map of Oz
- Robert E Howard's map of the Hyborian Age
- "Celebrating Christopher Tolkien's Cartographic Legacy" (John Crowe, Reactor)
- "What to expect from Amazon's Lord of the Rings show and its Second Age setting" (Devan Coggan, EW)
- LOTRProject
- Stars And Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction
- "After 3 years of trying, Lord of the Rings Online's 'Great Hobbit Run' ends in confused success as a mob of low-level players gets lost inside Mount Doom and decides it's close enough: 'Sauron can kiss my butt!'" (Andy Chalk, PCGamer)
- The Lord of the Rings Online
- Queer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth (Robin Anne Reid, Christopher Vaccaro, Stephen Yandell)
- Pity, Power and Tolkien's Ring (Tom Hillman)
- The Tides Of Time, The Tides Of Fate, And The Power Of Song (Tom Hillman, The Journal of Tolkien Research)
- The Atlas of Middle-earth (Karen Lynn Fonstad)
- Maps on Display: Fantastic Worlds Exhibit Coming this Summer! (UW-Madison)
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Music by Corvus from Pixabay.
