So, what’s the point of an atlas — imaginary or otherwise — without maps? I’ve enjoyed making fantasy maps for a long time, and I’ve done a lot of them. However, it has been quite
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Out of character: An interlude | Imaginary Atlas: Part 6
We interrupt our regular column to bring you this brief interlude. When I talk with friends or other writers or whomever about my geeky world-building projects, the general response is a sort of half smile,
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Paint the sky with stars | Imaginary Atlas: Part 5
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. T.S. Eliot We have prepared our canvas. Time to paint. So far, I mostly just been sketching, broadly, an outline about the sort of fictional setting I want to
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The quanta of culture | Imaginary Atlas: Part 4
When I was a kid, my dad gave me a pint jar filled with coins. Most of the coins were old, some dating back to the 1910s. The best coin in the bunch was a
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It’s all about me | Imaginary Atlas: Part 3
It’s all about me Since the dawn of history, and likely a lot further back than that, people have thought of our world as the center of the universe. In the Ptolemaic model, it was
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It’s supposed to be bought | Imaginary Atlas: Part 2
Bartender: That green beer you’re peddlin’ just ain’t any good. Capone’s man: It ain’t supposed to be good! It’s supposed to be bought. The Untouchables, 1987 When I lose my mind and foolishly allow myself
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Making a pie from scratch | Imaginary Atlas: Part 1
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Carl Sagan, Cosmos It’s something that everyone who has ever told a story has done, but something which even
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