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Atlas of Imagined Places: from Lilliput to Gotham City Hardcover – 28 Sept. 2021

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WINNER, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022: Illustrated Travel Book of the Year.From Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot to the superhero land of Wakanda, from Lilliput of Gulliver's Travels to Springfield in The Simpsons, this is 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 world’s imagination. Fascinating and beautiful, this is an essential book for any popular culture fan and map enthusiast.

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28 Sept. 2021
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25.27 x 2.54 x 31.75 cm
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1849946418
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‘There is much to relish in these maps’

-- Times Literary Supplement

‘[A] luxe oversize book’

― New York Times

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From Stephen King’s Salem’s 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 world’s imagination. Fascinating, beautiful and an essential book for any popular culture fan and map enthusiast.

About the Author

Matt Brown is author of 11 books for Batsford, including eight titles in the popular Everything You Know... series of mythbusting books. He has served as editor and editor-at-large of Londonist.com for many years, writing on topics as diverse as street art, politics, map-making and science. With a deep love of trivia, he's written and hosted hundreds of quizzes, including events for the Museum of London, London Eye, Royal Institution, Royal Society and Manchester Science Museum, among many others. All of his books use humour and playfulness as tools to explore the world. He is tweeting at @mattfromlondon.Matt Brown is author of 11 books for Batsford, including eight titles in the popular Everything You Know... series of mythbusting books. He has served as editor and editor-at-large of Londonist.com for many years, writing on topics as diverse as street art, politics, map-making and science. With a deep love of trivia, he's written and hosted hundreds of quizzes, including events for the Museum of London, London Eye, Royal Institution, Royal Society and Manchester Science Museum, among many others. All of his books use humour and playfulness as tools to explore the world. He is tweeting at @mattfromlondon.Rhys B. Davies hails from South Wales. Growing up as a child of the nineties, he was reared on a mix of Saturday-morning cartoons, blockbuster films and all manner of literature, from Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl to Crichton, Clancy and Cussler. These influences coalesced into a deep love of fiction and the worlds that imagination can build. His first novel Timewreck Titanic was published in 2012.Rhys B. Davies hails from South Wales. Growing up as a child of the nineties, he was reared on a mix of Saturday-morning cartoons, blockbuster films and all manner of literature, from Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl to Crichton, Clancy and Cussler. These influences coalesced into a deep love of fiction and the worlds that imagination can build. His first novel Timewreck Titanic was published in 2012.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Batsford; 1st edition (28 Sept. 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1849946418
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1849946414
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 25.27 x 2.54 x 31.75 cm

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Matt is the former Editor and current Editor-at-Large of Londonist.com
With a background in science, a passion for history and a sideline in hosting unusual pub quizzes, he has a head full of trivia and anecdotes, which he likes to share in his books.
Reach him on @mattfromlondon
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Rhys B. Davies
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Rhys Davies was born in 1986, and hails from West Wales. Growing up as a child of the nineties, he was reared on an eclectic mix of Saturday-morning cartoons, blockbuster films and all manner of literature, from Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl to the airport bookstore staples of Crichton, Clancy and Cussler. These influences coalesced into a deep love of fiction and the worlds that imagination can build.
After graduating Lancaster University with a degree in English Literature with Creative Writing, his first novel ‘Timewreck Titanic’ was independently published in 2012, and has since been reissued by Sealion Press. His second book 'Atlas of Imagined Places: from Lilliput to Gotham City' was co-authored with Matt Brown and released in September 2021.
As of writing, Rhys physically resides in the coastal town of Aberystwyth, while his mind roams the webways of the internet.
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carol thomas

Absolutely fascinating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2021

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Brilliant research. Really enjoying this fantastic book

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Judy Corstjens

Slightly disappointed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2021

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I bought this as a present and it is nicely presented, beautifully printed, and so fitted the bill as a present. It was also bought for a youngish person (30ish) so I was pleased that it included modern movies and games (things like Grand Theft Auto) as well as classics such as Treasure Island. However, I expected it to show ‘real’ literary locations as well as mapping ‘imaginary’ locations. For example, I live by the Thames in East London and I expected a flag in the river near me signalling, ‘Dickens’s, Our Mutual Friend, body found floating here.’ But since Dickens did not hide his location in literary guise, the authors do not count this as an ‘imaginary place’ that needs to be plotted. I guess a real ‘literary atlas’ would just get completely out of control - how many books and movies have been set in London over the centuries? Still, I wanted to be able to say, I’m going to X for a holiday, what books and literary landmarks should I look out for? This atlas doesn’t work like that. On the other end of the scale, Narnia and Middle Earth are ‘too imaginary’ for the Atlas, so the scope is actually quite narrow - Gotham City, or the Hardy novels where basically the author is just a bit coy about naming the actual towns. So more of an amusing browse than an exhaustive literary reference book.

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mwls

Fantastic Atlas.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2021

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I bought this as my Mam wanted to buy a Christmas present for a family member. It’s such a lovely read my wife saw it and bought one for herself! Lovely details and a great read.

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C R Clark

Interesting, but…

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 November 2021

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Kindle version: Interesting, but not all places on the map are indexed, Belpher for example. Also the expanded view of the map is blurry. As the maps are too small to read, this is frustrating when the key parts of the book are the maps.

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Andrew James Haslett

Lovely Atlas

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2021

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Book arrived with all the pages bound upside down, Not sure if this was printed this way deliberately or not.

Please note this is not a complaint, as I think the quirkyness of this adds to the Atlas.

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A fascinating read which you cannot put down!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2022

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Can be used for reference or just as a good read; enthralling, informative and well illustrated.

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Alison

maps unreadable on kindle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 January 2022

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good in printed format but maps unreadable on kindle. since this is the point of the book save up for a hard copy and don't bother with kindle.

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wra643

Interesting and quirky book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2022

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An interesting and quirky book, perfect as a gift

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