tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post7853766394232494416..comments2024-02-20T10:12:20.623+00:00Comments on The Blog That Time Forgot: Dan Meth's Fantasy World MapTaranaichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-32662601431666317992015-01-02T06:50:59.931+00:002015-01-02T06:50:59.931+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Whoopevirushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680987589455398091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-21361628216141936242014-01-18T08:43:02.014+00:002014-01-18T08:43:02.014+00:00There is "westeros" but not "Hybori...There is "westeros" but not "Hyboria" ? <br />WTF?!?!?! <br />Man, this map sucks!!!! :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-90422298940272515682011-12-03T06:15:14.912+00:002011-12-03T06:15:14.912+00:00Good map, kinda sorry you didn't include Eques...Good map, kinda sorry you didn't include Equestria on it.jessiestafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00425449440165582135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-5915283828698470812011-03-07T18:13:46.522+00:002011-03-07T18:13:46.522+00:00the middle earth is the earth in ancient times?
Fa...the middle earth is the earth in ancient times?<br />Fantasia is the world of Neverending story by Michael Ende<br />Franciscofranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16141925304481130360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-88036756492646007322011-03-04T20:52:18.256+00:002011-03-04T20:52:18.256+00:00too right.too right.Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-31241793009623358202011-03-03T17:03:04.448+00:002011-03-03T17:03:04.448+00:00Hey, thanks for bringing this to my attention! I&#...<i>Hey, thanks for bringing this to my attention! I've posted a little about it here:<br /><br />I feel he's underdone Dr Seuss a bit by only including Solla Sollew and Whoville, but there we go.</i><br /><br />Great stuff, Andy! Yes, Seuss does indeed deserve a bit more love. I particularly miss Zookland/Yookland from "The Butter Battle Book," being one of my favourites. Hmm, perhaps someone will make a map of Seuss's world...<br /><br /><i> I would really hope that Westeros isn't Aslan's country.. would be a really miserable afterlife..</i><br /><br />I shudder at what poor Reepicheep might find. Then again, I'd take great delight in seeing him whip Gregor's arse!Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-34504957378542221692011-03-03T02:14:38.596+00:002011-03-03T02:14:38.596+00:00I would really hope that Westeros isn't Aslan&...I would really hope that Westeros isn't Aslan's country.. would be a really miserable afterlife..Lagomorph Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385231158384929598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-13549336735712138752011-03-02T15:57:47.143+00:002011-03-02T15:57:47.143+00:00Hey, thanks for bringing this to my attention! I&#...Hey, thanks for bringing this to my attention! I've posted a little about it here:<br /><br />http://fantasygamebook.blogspot.com/2011/03/mapping-unmappable.html<br /><br />I feel he's underdone Dr Seuss a bit by only including Solla Sollew and Whoville, but there we go.<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />Andyfantasygamebookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240994072742026340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-29269074182065551312011-03-02T09:52:55.256+00:002011-03-02T09:52:55.256+00:00I agree that including Middle-Earth seems out of p...<i>I agree that including Middle-Earth seems out of place, but I don't think it's because it's earth-in-the-past - after all, Dinotopia, Sodor, Lilliput, and Florin at the very least are at least nominally on "our earth" as well, some of them in quite modern times. </i><br /><br />That is a fair point: one could argue that some of those lands which are nominally part of "our earth" are really here, but are accessed via some weird portal thingummyjig, like the mist surrounding Skull Island.<br /><br />Overall, it seems less an actual attempt to map out a fantasy world than it is a conceptual map trying to include all the major fantasy stories. And in <b>that</b> case, I really do wonder where the Hyborian Age et al are...<br /><br /><i>No, I think my problem is the inclusion of worlds that are explicitly not-Earth - Narnia, the Dreamlands, Oz, etc.</i><br /><br />Huh, interesting we have the opposite reservations.<br /><br /><i>Not to mention that apparently the Dawn Treader sailed around Never-Neverland and Westros on the way to Aslan's country. But that last is a very fannish nitpick, I suppose. </i><br /><br />Hah, didn't even think of that! Either that, or Never-Neverland/Westeros <i>is</i> Aslan's country...Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-24226959071945991692011-03-02T06:11:51.538+00:002011-03-02T06:11:51.538+00:00Putting Dinotopia near the Land of the Lost was a ...Putting Dinotopia near the Land of the Lost was a nice touch.<br /><br />I agree that including Middle-Earth seems out of place, but I don't think it's because it's earth-in-the-past - after all, Dinotopia, Sodor, Lilliput, and Florin at the very least are at least nominally on "our earth" as well, some of them in quite modern times. No, I think my problem is the inclusion of worlds that are explicitly not-Earth - Narnia, the Dreamlands, Oz, etc. Not to mention that apparently the Dawn Treader sailed around Never-Neverland and Westros on the way to Aslan's country. But that last is a very fannish nitpick, I suppose. <br /><br />Also, what's that tiny island just under Middle-Earth? "Hattifattner's Island"? Aha, it's part of the "Moomin" setting.T. Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792175853139507757noreply@blogger.com