false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170399139m/53086.jpg 53086 11 Like an ordinary geographical dictionary, <I>The Dictionary of Imaginary Places</I> contains alphabetically organized entries for more than a thousand locales. In this case, however, the locales in question are far from ordinary--they range from the orc-ridden wastes of Tolkien's Middle-earth to the languorous shores of Homer's Island of the Lotus-Eaters. Though for the most part these fantastical lands are mapped and chronicled with straight-faced seriousness, the encyclopedia is not without a certain deadpan wit. For example, the entry for Oz describes "a large rectangular country divided into four small countries.... As a famous visitor once remarked, Oz is not Kansas." This handsome and whimsically charming book, adorned with fanciful line drawings and maps, is rich with enough fictive detail to please the most inveterate reader. 51770 book 1980 The Dictionary of Imaginary Places total:171|5:81|4:55|3:31|2:4| 171 726 330 26 5 2 false false Tue Sep 04 17:58:13 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 18:01:09 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Mon Sep 08 20:03:29 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 20:05:08 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Sun Nov 01 00:07:29 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 00:26:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 17:27:15 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 19:37:21 -0700 2009 - mythical places like Valhalla and Hades
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