#map monsters

[nessiopeia]

I am, admittedly, an old lady yelling at the sky at the best of times. But never am I more that than when I remember we don’t do map monsters anymore

[berghahnbooks]

Imaginary Maps in Literature and Beyond: Map Monsters

Further Reading: 

Using Mental Maps to Locate Jane Austen by James Brown, contributor to a special issue of Critical Survey which is devoted to the subject of Jane Austen. James Brown is the author of the article titled “Jane Austen’s Mental Maps.”

[ghoti-and-us]

Chris Buzelli 

[maptacular]

So this isn't about maps, specifically, but rather the curious sea monsters that used to populate them. Very interesting. 

[marc-anthony-macon]

"A ship landing on a whale mistaken for an island in an early thirteeth century bestiary (London, British Library, Harley MS 4751, f. 69r, c. 1230-1240)." via BibliOdyssey

[gamesvideos]

Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering collectible card game created a Kickstarter campaign for his new project Map Monsters! Map Monsters will be an iOS game (as you can see above) and the creator requires $40k to reach his goal. Will you help him?

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[aileran]

This is a kickstarter for a new game being developed by the great Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: the Gathering! The game looks pretty neat, so check it out and maybe throw some money his way to help him out.

[cmonstah]

A round-up of map-devouring octopi.