Category Archives: Fantasy

Small Web Update

Posted on 7 January 2012 by Joseph

I’ve been doing a fair number of fantasy maps lately, taking pictures of them, and putting them on the Internet. So, I’ve decided to give them their own section on my images page, and their own Picasa album.  There’s even … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Cartography Again

Posted on 30 October 2011 by Joseph

I know I’ve liked to draw fantastical maps for a long time now. So, I should not have been surprised at how much fun I had producing a fancy version of a map for a world I’ve been working with … Continue reading →

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Review: “Elantris”

Posted on 6 September 2011 by Joseph

Elantris is Brandon Sanderon’s debut fantasy novel. It has a blurb from Orson Scott Card on its cover, to the gist that this is the finest fantasy in who knows long to catch Card’s notice. As my sister put it, … Continue reading →

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The Map

Posted on 7 August 2011 by Joseph

I have come into the possession of a most extraordinary object, which I procured rather fortuitously before the auction of goods from an insolvent boutique on the East Boulevard. I do not know how long it lay, disused and uncared-for, … Continue reading →

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Review: In Conquest Born

Posted on 29 July 2011 by Joseph

It’s interesting to re-read a book that made a huge impression on me the first time around. Some of them seem less exciting, while some hold up amazingly well upon multiple reads. (The best example I can think of for … Continue reading →

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Art Question: Map Labels

Posted on 25 July 2011 by Joseph

I have been working on a map. It looks something like this: The map consists of India ink laid down on top of a set of watercolor washes. (Well, technically, washes from some Derwent Signature Watercolor pencils – thanks to … Continue reading →

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Why I Think a “Hobbit” Movie Might Not Be Such a Great Idea

Posted on 5 February 2011 by Joseph
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Fiction: Tareidos Beyond the Edge of the World-Ice

Posted on 24 October 2010 by Joseph

A legend of Zarmina As told by Posaredes the Storyteller, this account was discovered by the great archaeological expedition of 1217, among other famously well-preserved artifacts on display in the National Museum of Geshan.

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Constructing Oghuran

Posted on 3 July 2010 by Joseph

It was many, many years ago when I first read The Lord of the Rings and the Redwall books, and I was always fascinated by the maps in the first few pages of each novel. Ever since then, I have … Continue reading →

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Fiction: Legend of the First Tribe

Posted on 8 May 2008 by Joseph

The creation myth of the Oghuran nomads, which features prominently in the first segment of the Books of Gur.

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