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Added Raeann, Amanda, Jody, Miki, and Nicole.
In reference to Sharp Objects, Miki, Wind Gap, Missouri is not a real place and I am not finding much official information on whether it is based on a real place or not. Gillian Flynn is from Kansas City, MO but the general consensus seems to be that Wind Gap is based on a small town (or small towns) in southeastern Missouri where it borders Tennessee due to some apparent references to it in the book. Having never read it, I couldn't say if that is true but I'm placing the point there anyway.If anyone has any reason to believe it would be elsewhere, let me know, I can always move it. :)
The Brothers Karamazov takes place in a fictional town modeled after Staraya Russa, Russia, where Dostoyevsky was living at the time.
The Heart Goes LastMain: East Coast, USA (Consilience is the made up town, I don't think it says exactly where on the east coast it is).
Secondary: Las Vegas
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of TerrorAntarctica (latitude 76*15" longitude 113*10"E)
City on Fire by Garth Risk HallbergPrimary: NY, NY (Upper West Side, East Village, Hell's Kitchen, Bronx, Brooklyn Heights) and Flower Hill, Long Island, NY
Secondary: Boston, MA; Los Angeles, CA; unspecified rural VT
There's a good chance I'm missing some locations.
Marta -- Do they mention the name of the fictional town in the book? I like to add those too, if they're known.
Okay, we just need Australia and South America to hit all the continents. And I thought Antarctica was going to be the hard one. ;)Katie, Katie, Adam, Erica, and Marta -- your locations have been added!
Marta, for yours, I went with the border of New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. That's as east coast as it gets! ;)
Travels with ZenobiaA Journey beginning in
Paris, France
Going to these places among others
Nice, France
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Rome, Italy
Naples, Italy
Bari, Italy
Durres, Albania
Ending in Tirana, Albania
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High AdventureMain: The Mythical Country of Florin
Secondary: New York City
Ed wrote: "The Devil's PoolFrance (countryside)"
Emm, it's the blue place on the map: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry
(doesn't exist anymore under this name)
I'll be adding all of these tomorrow. I'm not able to do it from work. :)
Lies We Tell OurselvesDavisburg, Virginia
(Davisburg is a fictional town)
Added: Valerie, Molly, Megan, Roshini, Adam, Ed, Sarah, Karen E, Lisa, Stacey, Melinda, and KaterinaMegan, I'm not showing Whiskey, CA as a real place. I put it in a town called Whiskeytown, CA. If the book names a more precise location (or area) let me know and I'll change that.
Adam, I added Hogwarts to the non-fantasy layer because although it is a fictional location it exists in a real place. It's actually, according to cannon, located somewhere in Scotland (supposedly near a loch). I picked one.
Ed, I'm not sure if this is accurate or not, since I haven't read it, but study guides are saying the settlement in Remembering Babylon is just outside of Bowen, Queensland, Australia. I went with that. If you don't agree, let me know. I can change it.
Sarah, like Hogwarts, Florin is a fantasy place but the book refers to several real locations (like Sicily and Asia). This lends to the idea that Florin, while fictional, could exist in the real world. According to Wikipedia, Florin derives from the city of Florence, Italy and often refers to an Italian gold coin. I've decided to put it in Florence. We also know from the book that the fictional kingdom of Guilder is a neighbor to Florin. Guilder refers to a Dutch gold coin and, well, the Netherlands do not border Italy. Arguments could be made that Florin and Guilder were meant to be in any number of places in Europe so if anyone feels they have a better location for it, as always, it can be changed. Unfortunately, we've got to do the best we can with fictional locations.
Lisa, yours I put in Middleport, OH. Southern Ohio is a big area. ;) After a little research I see that your book is autobiographical. I couldn't find much on where the author grew up except that she was born in Columbus, OH (not exactly southern and not exactly rural) and grew up in a rural area of southern Ohio. More precisely, "holed up in a trailer with an arsenal of guns at the bottom of a southern Ohio holler." This is an experience I share with the author... at least briefly. For around nine weeks, in high school, I too lived in a trailer at the bottom of a southern Ohio holler. That holler was in Middleport, OH. It seemed fitting so that's where I stuck it.
Stacey, I couldn't find much info about the intended geography of the fictional town in your book. I stuck it in Roanoke, VA where the author is from. If you have any other info on that, let me know, otherwise Roanoke will do fine.
The map is coming along nicely. Thanks for submitting, guys!
PS: Thanks Zaz!
Anastasia and Marleen, you were also added.Marleen -- "Agloe is a fictional hamlet in Colchester, Delaware County, New York," according to Wikipedia. I put your secondary marker there.
Emm, thanks so much! That will do nicely :)
Emm, I'm totally impressed by your research so that we have a good map. And especially impressed with your rural Ohio story. Map looks great. South America needs love!
Thanks Emm, you're doing an amazing job!
The Girls of Mischief BayMischief Bay is made up, but is described in the book as, "a coastal community tucked between Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach" in California.
The map looks so cool already!! You are doing such a wonderful job at creating it Emm. I can't wait to see what it looks like at the end of the year!I just finished
a few days ago. I tried researching the location and all I could find was somewhere in Ohio, maybe you will have better luck finding a more precise location? :)
This is amazing! Just saw the fantasy layers, didn't know you could do that!The fictional town in The Brothers Karamazov is called Skotoprigonyevsk. Yep, had to copy paste that.... not very important, though, he does not even mention the name until towards the end when the town becomes known elsewhere.
Thanks for doing this, Emm!
I couldn't find much on it either when I looked, so thanks for doing that! The map looks great! :)
It is a real kick to look at the map and connect the stars for the book I posted. Thank you, Emm, for undertaking this project.
Thanks for all the love, guys! I wouldn't be able to do it without all of you. You're an awesome group!I'll add the newest ones when I get home tomorrow morning. Another all-nighter and, for whatever reason, Google Maps won't load on my work computer.
A little off-topic here but I just realized that Mandy's book,
Never Never, has an almost identical cover to Unhooked.
Different authors... different publishers... hmm.
Haha, these boats+night are often used for Neverland, Pan (the 2015 movie) had one for the promotional pictures :)
What If? : Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical QuestionsBoston, massachusetts, USA (the questions are answered from his home computer)
The Shepherd's CrownThe Chalk and Lancre, Discworld
Tithe
Main: New Jersey, USA (doesn't say where specifically, but is small town on the coast)
Secondary: The Unseelie Court
Secondary: Philadelphia, USA
The Well Read Play
Nonfiction, but mostly London-centric
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