So many great ones. Someone make a poll?
I would vote for REH's Hyboria, Tolkien's Middle Earth, Lieber's Lankhmar, and Burrough's Mars.
Some recent additions might be:
Bas-Lag - Mieville
Eberron - DnD
Tamriel / Skyrim
The Trisolaris world in Remembrance of Earth's Past - Liu Cixin
And just to keep it all intellectual...
Invisible Cities - Calvino
Last edited by atomikdog; 07-01-2017 at 12:19 AM.
I'll go with Malazan Book of the Fallen universe, by Steven Erikson and I.C. Esslemont, the only shoddy thing in that universe is the world map, since all those you can see are fan made, but the level of detail and "sense" it makes are incredible.
Last edited by Harkon; 07-01-2017 at 04:14 AM.
What about all the maps in the Malazan books themselves? Those are professional maps, and they're all over the interwebs. These ones:
Map_Chain_of_Dogs_1.jpg
Last edited by Diamond; 06-30-2017 at 06:53 PM.
The maps in there are fine, I'm talking about the WORLD map, of which an official version doesn't exist afaik.Originally Posted by Diamond
It's not that the fan made ones are bad, they're just unofficial.
Last edited by Harkon; 07-01-2017 at 04:13 AM.
I don't really understand the maps in the books and how they relate at all to one another. Although there is less disassociation between the maps and the writing in their specific books than most other fiction books manage.
Your favourite fantasy world?
They usually don't relate to each other, as most books are set on different continents than the previous one, and the maps depict a continent at most. That's where a world map would come in handy but sadly only fan made ones exist, so no erikson feedback on that afaik :-/
I agree regarding discrepancies between maps/narration, you could actually follow the chain of dogs, or the malazan march in MoI chapter by chapter, which is kind of unusual.
Last edited by Harkon; 07-01-2017 at 09:17 PM.
Ah, sorry, I didn't read closely enough. Yeah, a world map would be helpful. I have a feeling one will never be released because Erikson doesn't understand himself how the various continents should sit relative to one another.
Hands-down Middle Earth. I do wish Tolkien had crafted an entire continent, but others have done it. I also enjoy the Ranger's Apprentice series, so whatever that world is named.
Although there is only one (author admitted) poorly drawn map for one pair of stories in the setting, I would probably have to say Anne Bishop's Black Jewels setting is my favorite. Something about that setting and those stories really draws me in. Of course there is also The Land (Thomas Covenant series), Middle Earth, The Witched setting, and probably a dozen others that I can say are right up there among my favorites.
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My top 5 in no particular order are:
1) The Saga of Recluce
2) Spellsong cycle
3) Animorphs
4) Blue Phoenix
5) Wheel of Time
These are worlds I wouldn't mind living in with a trump card or special ability of my own, of course.
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