From Atlantis to Xanadu, this guidebook to Imaginary lands is revised and updated, and includes information on literary fantasy settings such as Shangri-La, Middle Earth, Jurassic Park, and the world of Harry Potter.
A must-have for the library of every dedicated reader, fantasy fan, or passionate browser, Dictionary is a witty and acute guide for any armchair traveler\'s journey into the landscape of the imagination..
The history and behavior of the inhabitants of these lands are described in loving detail, and are supplemented by more than 200 maps and illustrations that depict the lay of the land in a host of elsewheres.
Here too are Jurassic Park, Salman Rushdie\'s Sea of Stories, and the fabulous world of Harry Potter.
Here you will find Shangri-La and El Dorado
Utopia and Middle Earth
Wonderland and Freedonia.
From Atlantis to Xanadu and beyond, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer\'s day to our own.
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From Atlantis to Xanadu, this guidebook to Imaginary lands is revised and updated, and includes information on literary fantasy settings such as Shangri-La, Middle Earth, Jurassic Park, and the world of Harry Potter
