Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Map / Mapping / Worldbuilding Book List

Threaded View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Guild Novice
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    Seattle, WA
    Posts
    15

    Default Map / Mapping / Worldbuilding Book List

    Hey Everyone
    Id really love to build up a collection of great books on geography, cartography, and worldbuilding. Here is my wish list and I'd love to have you add to it! (Ill update this post as I get replies?)

    Map Collections/Compilations:
    Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities by Frank Jacobs
    The Map Book by Peter Barber
    The Map as Art by Katharine Harmon

    Cartography/Mapping/Geography:
    Cartography: Thematic Map Design by Dent
    Elements of Cartography by Robinson
    To the ends of the Earth by Jeremy Harwood
    An Atlas of Radical Cartography
    Geography of the World
    The Art of the Map by Dennis Reinhartz
    The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Mother Nature by Katharina Gerlach
    The Geography Book: Activities for Exploring, Mapping, and Enjoying Your World by Caroline Arnold

    Graphics
    Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer by Bertauski
    Drawing the Landscape by Chip Sullivan
    Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps by Chet Duzer
    Cartographer's Toolkit: Colors, Typography, Patterns by Peterson

    Worldbuilding (for books that look beyond the map and at the lore, language, and deeeper velopment process
    Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings by Stefan Ekman
    The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Brian Sibley
    Any of the Final Fantasy and Studio Ghibli artbooks (show character development, selected world development, etc)
    Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding by Wolfgang Baur
    Holly Lisle's Create A Culture Clinic by Holly Lisle
    The Gazetteer Writer's Manual: Creating Travel Guides to Fictional Worlds by Deborah Christian
    Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users by Cynthia Brewer

    Cities & Architecture
    Good City Form by Kevin Lynch

    More General Mapping (including theory, social mapping, etc):
    How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier
    Maps of the Imagination : The Writer as Cartographyer by Peter Turchi
    You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination by Katharine Harmon
    Atlas of Prejudice: Mapping Stereotypes by Yanko Tsvetkov
    Cartographies of Time by Daniel Rosenberg

    Online Resources
    Creating an Earth-like Planet: http://jc.tech-galaxy.com/bricka/earthlike_planet.html
    Geoffs Climate Cookbook: http://jc.tech-galaxy.com/bricka/climate_cookbook.html
    A world building Checklist: http://arcadia.net/Cruinne/DnD/Artic...dbuilding.html
    Last edited by Cmpkittykat; 05-29-2014 at 10:46 AM.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •