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A Brief History of Fantastic Maps, A Story Map by Johnny Eaton (Friday Feature)

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

For today’s Friday Feature I wanted to share this gorgeous website, “A Brief History of Fantastic Maps, from Paleolithic Cave Drawings to the Futuristic Possibility of Immersive Geographies.” I have been curious about GIS utilities for reading fantasy literature, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, Fictional Worlds | Tagged ArcGIS, Digital Humanities, ESRI, fantasy, Fantasy Maps, GIS mapping, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, maps, Story Maps, Winnie the Pooh | 10 Comments

The Land Where Oz is North of Middle-earth: Reflections of a Speculative Cosmographer (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Over the next year, I am introducing an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Fictional Worlds | Tagged C.S. Lewis, children's literature, fantasy, Fictional Universes, Harry Potter, Holly Black, imagination, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, madeleine l engle, Madeleine L'Engle, maps, Middle Earth, Narnia, The Hobbit, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Winnie the Pooh | 19 Comments

Ruffling the Pages of The Hobbit: C.S. Lewis’ Original Review in TLS

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

Besides his own children, in the early days of The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien’s biggest fan was C.S. Lewis. No one really knew what to do with Tolkien’s strange faerie tale just yet, and Tolkien was anxious about its value, but Lewis … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Lewis Biography | Tagged Alice in Wonderland, C.S. Lewis, children's literature, faerie, fantasy, George MacDonald, imagination, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, maps, The Hobbit, The Wind in the Willows, writing | 31 Comments

The Land Where Oz is North of Middle-earth: Reflections of a Speculative Cosmographer

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

If I were to print a business card for what I do as a fantasy writer, in the section called “title” I would put, “Speculative Cosmographer.” Fancy title, eh? Well, broken down, it really just means fictional world-builder. When I … Continue reading →