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The Dictionary of Imaginary Places

出版	Bloomsbury, 1999
ISBN	07475461699780747546160
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=b2huQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋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 Baskervile Hall, Utopia to Earthsea, here are the worlds enough and more for every reader, fantasy fan, and passionate browser. Written with the wit and brillinace 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.