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I give you Terry Pratchett’s Sourcery:
This book does not contain a map. Please feel free to draw your own.
I feel like the 3rd book of dungeon crawler Carl could’ve been this but the author put in a note at the beginning saying essentially, ‘it’s too complicated. Don’t try to follow what’s going on and where they are in the map lol’
There are some attempts to diagram it out online but it really just doesn’t make sense imo
Reading through the third book right now, and either missed or completely forgot the suggestion to try not to follow it, but glad I saw this message because I am often getting confused as to where people are. Still having a blast though! Well written books? Maybe not, but they are very fun.
So far DCC is giving me a nice break from the Cosmere and Sanderson’s in depth world building.
Is it too complicated or was it just not written woth that in mind? I mean, you can follow the fellowships path through the mines of Moria and it’s not like that’s a straight shot.
Comparing to tolkein is just unfair.
That man has the worldbuilding capabilities second only to Eru. Even Aule doesn’t hold a silmaril to Tolkein’s creativity.
The man legitimately never stopped thinking about middle earth. And I am all the more glad for it, since now I have maps aplenty, intertwining stories, and the guidebook to end all guidebooks for fantasy worldbuilding.
Comparing that to someone who knocked out a book in a few years seems unfair.
I present to you, my favorite book map of all time:
Which book?
I miss the olden days. I remember trying to win some Pikachu crap in a random magazine.
But where do the witches hang out
They really dont. Dont get me wrong, on my current reread of the Robin Hobb series, yes I enjoy looking at the map cause I already know the story.
But generally speaking I dont read fantasy for the geography.
This reminds me of when Ultima Underworld first came out in 1992, and it came with a map of the first level printed on a piece of fabric, and it looked hand-drawn. I was 13, and I have never played a complicated adventure game like that before, so it was extremely extremely helpful in figuring out how the game worked and how to visualize the levels of the game moving forward. Plus, as the character had a map just like that one, it really helped with the immersion.
Considering that, 34 years later, it is still resonating this strongly in my memory, I’m definitely in favor of maps being included in fantasy stories.
By then, they’d already been including such maps for close to a decade!
I don’t recall if Ultima III had one, but IV certainly did. Not to mention those glorious manuals.
I discovered that when I ended up buying Ultima VII next lol
Sadly, ultima underworld ii did not come with a fabric map, but one printed on paper 😔
I miss the days of high production values for every part of the game. Obviously the majority of games from my youth (after dinosaurs and the invention of color, but not much) were mediocre or even flat out shovelware, but the greats are still shining achievements.
That’s so awesome.
I still have my Elder Scrolls maps starting from Morrowind, and I plan to poster frame them. I love those worlds so much. :)
Was funny that Skyrim claimed to come with a “fabric map” but it was more like… Textured cardstock? Lol
Please tell me you still have that map! Sounds awesome.
Terry Pratchett agreed with your aunt
has a framed Discworld map
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷
Idk I listened to the entire Stormlight Archives and never thought to look up the map. When I was younger I would have agreed, but now…
I recently reread Eragon and Eldest which I loved as a kid. I thought it was so cool to flip to the back of the book to read elf and drawf translations. This time I found it gimmicky and annoying lol
I’m listening to the audiobook. This time I just remember the meanings. The important ones at least
Last time I was asked that question, I replied: “Many of my family members believe in god”.
Whoa edgy
And the audiobook version needs to have a pdf/png of the map as part of the download.
Why not an audiomap?
sstv map
CCTV map
Great book but mapmaking could use some work. One of these is a lush rich planet, and the other is a near-barren moon. Which one do you think is the moon?
You’d think it was Flippy, but you’d be wrong. It’s Hambone
Urras?
Annares
Thanks I hate it
Urras is the moon? Jesus it’s impossible to tell 😅
Anarres
reminds me when i read 100 years of solitude without family tree, big mistake, but on my defense i didn’t know what i was getting into and it was before the Internet
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What about fantasy open world game. Do they need a dynamic map?
