The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic.
Throughout the ages, writers have created an astonishing diversity of imaginary places, worlds of enchantment, horror and delight. This monumental book, now more comprehensive than ever before, brings them together in a single volume. A bestseller when first published in 1980, this unique and endlessly entertaining guidebook takes the reader on a tour of more than 1,200 imaginary cities, islands, countries and continents, all invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own.
From Atlantis to Dracula's Castle, Middle Earth to Baskerville Hall, Utopia to Earthsea, here are the world enough and more for every reader, fantasy fan, and passionate browser. Written with the wit and brilliance that has made Alberto Manguel an international authority on literature, the book is also a visual delight with more than 200 original illustrations and maps by Graham Greenfield and James Cook, and new illustrations by Ken Nutt.
