Throughout the ages, writers have created an astonishing diversity of imaginary places, worlds of enchantment, horror and delight. This guidebook takes the reader on a tour of more than 1200 imaginary cities, islands, countries, and contintents, from Homer to the late 1990s. Places visited include Atlantis, Dracula's Castle, Middle Earth, Baskerville Hall, Utopia, and Earthsea. The inspiration comes from writers as diverse as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Sir Arthur Conan doyle, L. Frank Baum, C.S. Lewis, John Lennon, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Graham Greene.
- ISBN10 0156260549
- ISBN13 9780156260541
- Publish Date 1 September 1987 (first published 31 December 1980)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
- Edition Exp Harvest/HBJ ed.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 454
- Language English