Here Be Dragons (55 page)

Narnia.
See
Lewis, C. S.

nature: cultural representations of,
136
,
138
,
141
,
163
–
65
,
167
–
68
,
172
–
73
; definitions of,
130
–
33
; feral,
132
,
136
,
143
,
146
,
148
,
152
–
53
,
158
–
60
,
163
,
165
–
66
,
171
.
See also
culture; Darwinism;
scala naturae
; second nature

neomedieval.
See
pseudomedieval

Newford stories.
See
de Lint, Charles

New Weird, the,
255n67

“Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case.”
See
Nix, Garth

Niven, Larry,
The Burning City
,
33
,
35

Nix, Garth,
12
,
72
,
92
–
98
,
220
,
248n40

nuclear weapons,
97
,
211
–
12

oblique view,
39
–
40
,
42
,
49
–
50
,
66
,
242n70
.
See also
hill signs

Ombria in Shadow
.
See
McKillip, Patricia A.

“On Fairy-stories” (Tolkien),
5
–
7
,
9
,
91
,
102
,
179
,
235n24
,
235n26
; recovery,
6
,
175
.
See also
Cauldron of Story; Tolkien, J. R. R.

Oziewicz, Marek,
111

Padrón, Ricardo,
18
–
19
,
60
–
62
,
238n4

palimpsests,
13
,
158
,
165
–
66
,
178
,
190
–
94
,
214
,
259n46

Palmer, Christopher,
155

paranormal romance,
240n45

paratexts,
20
–
22
,
31
–
32
,
39
,
45
,
54
–
55
,
59
,
66
–
67
,
82
; definition of,
20

Paths of the Dead, The
.
See
Brust, Steven

Perdido Street Station
.
See
Miéville, China

Perilous Realm, the.
See
Faerie

periphery.
See
center and periphery

Petchenik, Barbara Bartz,
19
–
20
,
53

plan view,
21
,
30
,
50
,
242n70

polders,
12
,
69
,
77
,
99
,
126
–
28
,
217
,
219
; definition of,
100
; Djelibeybi (Pratchett),
101
,
117
–
26
; Lothlórien (Tolkien),
101
–
9
,
125
–
26
,
128
; Ryhope Wood (Holdstock),
101
,
109
–
17
,
125
–
26
; and time,
85
,
100
,
104
,
106
–
9
,
116
–
20
,
124
–
26
,
217

portal-quest fantasy,
36
,
39
,
96
,
115
,
135
,
218
,
250n98
; description,
7
; landscapes of evil in,
195
–
96
,
198
,
212
; ruler/realm connection in,
178
,
180
; starting point of,
46
,
91

Porter, Tom,
259n46

possible-worlds semantics,
10

Post, J. B.,
An Atlas of Fantasy
,
15

Pournelle, Jerry,
The Burning City
,
33
,
35

Powers, Tim,
13
,
178
,
183
–
90
,
191
,
219
,
258n30
;
On Stranger Tides
,
91

Power That Preserves, The
.
See
Donaldson, Stephen. R.

Pratchett, Terry,
29
,
221
–
22
,
257n21
;
Eric
,
134
;
Pyramids
,
12
,
101
,
117
–
25
,
257n21
;
Small Gods
,
91
; the Watch,
257n21
;
Wyrd Sisters
,
181
–
82
,
213

Pratt, Tim, “Another End of the Empire,”
259n50

primary worlds, definition of,
9
–
10

profile view,
39
–
40
,
42
,
66
,
242n70
.
See also
hill signs

projections.
See
maps

Propp, Vladímir,
179

pseudomedieval,
41
,
49
,
66
,
92

Ptolemy,
42
,
241n53
,
243n85

Pyramids
.
See
Pratchett, Terry

quantum mechanics,
119
–
20

Rabkin, Eric S.,
234n20

Ranson, Clare,
15
–
16

roads,
33
,
36
–
38
; in Middle-earth,
57
,
59
,
61
,
64
; in the Shire,
46
–
49
,
51
–
52
; in
Stardust
(Gaiman and Vess),
83
–
84

Robinson, Arthur H.,
19
–
20
,
53

Rosebury, Brian,
233n2

Rossetti, Christina,
Goblin Market
,
90
,
247n36

Rothfuss, Patrick,
The Name of the Wind
,
236n34

Rowling, J. K., Harry Potter,
259n48

rulers, restoration of,
178
–
83

Sabriel
.
See
Nix, Garth

sample, map survey,
221
–
22

sampling frame,
222
,
240n45

scala naturae
,
133

scales.
See
maps

Scar, The
.
See
Miéville, China

Schlobin, Roger C.,
2
,
233n2

Scull, Christina,
108

secondary belief,
5
,
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–
47
,
55
,
57
,
59

secondary worlds,
11
,
28
–
29
,
39
,
69
,
91
,
126
,
133
; defined by maps,
14
,
24
,
30
–
31
,
45
,
48
,
59
; definition of,
9
–
10
; divided up,
45
,
68
; languages of,
14
,
57
; map conventions of,
26
,
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–
31
; maps of,
16
,
28
,
31
,
45
,
51
,
60
; as predominant map subjects,
21
–
22
,
24
–
25
,
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–
66
,
217
.
See also
high fantasy

second nature,
131
–
32
,
156
–
57
,
165

Selling, Kim,
41
,
241n59

Senior, W. A.,
113
,
204
–
7

SF-Bokhandeln,
222

shaded relief,
39
–
40
,
42
,
242n78
.
See also
hill signs

Shakespeare, William,
7
,
71
,
92
,
182
,
196
–
97
,
236n33
,
247n38
,
257n24

Sherman, Delia,
Changeling
,
71

Shippey, Tom,
47
,
57
,
102
–
4
,
196
,
235n22

Shuler, Linda Lay,
Let the Drum Speak
,
33

Silmarillion, The
,
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,
133
,
199
,
249n63
,
259n48
.
See also
Tolkien, J. R. R.

Slovic, Scott,
3
–
4

Snyder, Gary,
145

social criticism: in Brust,
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–
82
,
98
; in de Lint,
141
–
54
,
174
–
75

Soper, Kate,
130
–
31

Stableford, Brian,
9

Stardust
.
See
Gaiman, Neil; Vess, Charles

sterility: in
Last Call
(Powers),
187
–
90
; in Minas Tirith,
139
,
155
,
174
; of ruler and realm,
180
,
214
,
218
;
See also
Fisher King figure; landscapes of evil

Stevenson, Robert Louis,
Treasure Island
,
14
,
21

stewardship,
141
,
174
–
76
,
199
,
255n83

Suvin, Darko,
126
,
250n98

Swanwick, Michael,
The Iron Dragon's Daughter
,
236n34

Swift, Jonathan,
Gulliver's Travels
,
14
,
18

Swinfen, Ann,
25
–
26
,
200

Taltos
.
See
Brust, Steven

Tam, Nicholas,
18
–
19

thinning,
90
–
92
.
See also
healing

Thormählen, Marianne,
258n30

thresholds: between work and reader,
21
–
22
,
45
,
55
,
66
–
67
(
see also
paratexts); in fantasy landscapes,
68
–
69
,
72
,
75
,
77
,
98
–
99
,
126
–
28
,
169
,
172
–
73
(
see also
borders; boundaries)

Thror's map. See
Hobbit, The
; Tolkien maps

Thrower, J. W.,
39

time: between worlds or domains,
10
,
74
,
93
,
143
,
217
; in Faerie,
84
–
85
,
246
–
47n25
; and geography,
12
,
125
–
26
; maps, encoded in,
48
–
49
,
60
–
62
; and polders,
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–
101
,
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–
9
,
109
–
110
,
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–
26
; time abysses,
106
,
116
,
125
,
249n63

Tobin-McClain, Lee,
240n45

Todorov, Tzvetan,
234n20

Tolkien, Christopher,
45
,
55

Tolkien, J. R. R.,
70
,
71
–
72
,
140
,
199
; anti-industrial sentiments,
200
–
201
,
206
,
261n70
,
262n89
; epigones,
15
,
96
,
236n35
. See also
Hobbit, The
;
Lord of the Rings, The
; “On Fairy-stories”;
Silmarillion, The
; Tolkien maps

Tolkien maps,
12
,
14
,
38
,
44
,
238n4
; creation of,
25
,
45
,
47
,
50
; history encoded in,
48
–
49
,
60
–
62
; names on,
47
,
52
,
59
,
65
–
67
; “A Part of the Shire,”
23
–
24
,
44
–
55
,
66
; previous studies of,
16
–
18
; roads on,
46
–
47
,
59
,
61
(
see also
roads); “The West of Middle-earth,”
23
–
24
,
39
,
55
–
67
; as world creation,
14
–
15
,
21
–
22
. See also
Hobbit, The
;
Lord of the Rings, The
; Tolkien, J. R. R.

T-O maps,
25
–
26
,
41

topofocal,
2
–
4
,
11
,
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,
218
–
20

topographical map elements,
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–
37
,
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–
47
,
49
–
50
,
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–
57

Tough Guide to Fantasyland, The
(Jones),
15
,
17
,
36
–
37
,
180
,
188