On your Writing Excuses podcast you mentioned a love of maps, especially maps that thematically work with the world of the book (such as the maps in your The Way of Kings ). Given that, what is your all-time favorite fantasy novel map?
Wow, that’s putting me on the spot. There are many different aspects I like about a lot of different maps. I love how the map in The Hobbit is the map the characters carry around. That struck me when I read that book. I really liked how David Eddings’ books had a big map and then a zoom-in for every section when the characters would go there. But I wouldn’t call either of those my favorite fantasy map.
The main Wheel of Time map is certainly one of the prettiest. But the best I’ve probably seen is the one from Leviathan . That one kind of blew me away.
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