The Atlas of the Land

by Karen Wynn Fonstad

Blurb

The Atlas of the Land by Karen Wynn Fonstad provides a cartographer's point of view to the fictional world known as "the Land" from Stephen R. Donaldson's fantasy novel series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
Throughout this book, Fonstad provides detailed cartography along with annotated descriptions for each map. Some of the larger scaled maps also plot out the travels of various characters and their companions throughout the novels. On some of these maps, Fonstad also goes so far as to detail camp sites, length of travel, moon phases, and even Sun Bane cycles.
A Notes section categorizes maps by location/topic, and an Index of Place Names is also included The Selected References section details Donaldson's novels, personal interviews, and several non-fiction books used to create the tonal line drawn maps.
The book also includes detailed drawings of huts, buildings, trees, caves, and ships.

First Published

1985

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