Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy discussion

Back when we were discussing Exposition styles, I flipped through a lot of old books to see what kind of material authors put up at the front. Maps were pretty common (more so in fantasy and science fiction.)

So I had this idea for a quiz. See how many of the following maps from sci-fi/fantasy books can recognize. (You can view an enlarged version by clicking on the map for the "enlarge" link below each map.)

This being the Internet, I won't insult your ability to use Google; you can check your answer to each question by clicking on the spoiler tag below each map.) So no need to post your actual answers.

But you can post how many you recognized:


Results:

9-10 out of 10 => Cartography Wizard
7-8 out of 10 => Scout
6-7 out of 10 => Traveler
4-5 out of 10 => Villager
2-3 out of 10 => Lost
0-1 out of 10 => Visitor from Another Dimension

Here is your first set of ten maps (first? Oh no, does that mean he has more? :)


Map #1

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Source: (view spoiler)[ Middle Earth (The Lord of the Rings) (hide spoiler)]


Map #2

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Source: (view spoiler)[ Dragonriders of Pern (61975 (hide spoiler)]


Map #3

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Source: (view spoiler)[ City of Sanctuary (Thieves' World) (hide spoiler)]


Map #4

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Source: (view spoiler)[ (Deed of Paksenarrion) Sheepfarmer's Daughter (hide spoiler)]


Map #5

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Source: (view spoiler)[ New Crobuzon (Perdido Street Station) (hide spoiler)]


Map #6

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Source: (view spoiler)[ Vorkosigan Saga (The Warrior's Apprentice (hide spoiler)]


Map #7

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Source: (view spoiler)[ Elan (Riyria) The Crown Conspiracy (hide spoiler)]


Map #8

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Source: (view spoiler)[ Seattle (Boneshaker) (hide spoiler)]


Map #9

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Source: (view spoiler)[ Elantris (hide spoiler)]


Map #10

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Source: (view spoiler)[ University Training (Red Rising, which is, not coincidentally, our group discussion scheduled for tomorrow!) (hide spoiler)]


Ready for more? Try Imaginary Geography Quiz #2

I score "Lost"....I got Hyboria and Middle Earth.....

Well, I got 3 - #1,#2, and #6 - but there isn't any #7 so I'm going to claim another by default and promote myself to villager :) I should have gotten #4, since I love those books, but it has been a while since my last reread.

Oh also number 3 is tagged by name when you open the larger map, but I won't claim that one also, I'm not greedy (and I'd still be a villager anyways).

Michele wrote: "but there isn't any #7 ..."

Oh, dear, I lost an entire world! (fixed)

Number 7 is the invisible world...

Spooky1947 wrote: "I got Hyboria and Middle Earth....."

Crom, Spooky.... You really are lost. (There's no map of Hyboria in the set. :) (I assume you're on the mobile app and can't check the "spoiler" answers. Sorry about that.)

I guess this is tougher than I expected.

I got the first two--Middle Earth was a freebie, I would think, after all the movies. Also knew Pern. I don't read much fantasy, so it didn't surprise me to get so few.

yep, im lost

:)

Yep, I'm lost too. Missed Pern, though I've read all Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders books, but I got Vorkosigan Saga, which I haven't read although I recognized "Barrayar" from a book title.

Lost for me too. :P Recognized Pern and Middle Earth and that was it. I actually haven't read any of the others yet.

I got Elantris, Vorkosigan Saga, and Middle-Earth

I have never read 3,4, 5, and 7

I was unaware Boneshaker even had a map.

I am Lost.

For what it's worth, the bottom of the list are books we've used as group discussions in the last two years. (Though admittedly "had" is stretching it in the case of #10, which is this month's discussion.)


Daran wrote: "I was unaware Boneshaker even had a map."

Yeah, a map of Seattle from 1879.

I figured #3 would likely be the hardest. Thieve's World was a set of anthologies by multiple authors in a shared world, which was a rarity back in 1978. It was breifly popular and had some role playing game accessories as well, but seems to have faded into obscurity.

After seeing that Boneshaker had a map I went back and looked on my Kindle, and there it was. I had never seen it because it opens up to the first page of Chapter 1, but was there after I paged back a couple of times.

Does anyone else's Kindle do that. If I'm reading on my tablet it starts at the cover, but the Kindle always opens to the beginning of the first chapter.

There is a setting in the mobi/ePub file which tells you the default page to open on. I think the iPad kindle app ignores it, hence the difference..

Daran wrote: "After seeing that Boneshaker had a map I went back and looked on my Kindle, and there it was...."

I would sell Haga to a slayer such as you?

Lost. So very lost. Only got the first 2.