BEING an inquiry into the meaning of worldbuilding and the semiotic functions of those fictional maps familiar to us through the likes of The Lord of the Rings (and its many cousins), TTRPGs and video games like Skyrim and NORCO. What do fantasy maps actually do, and what do they mean?

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Racism in fantasy fiction:

• “Tolkien and Race”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_and_race
• “Race: the Original Sin of the Fantasy Genre”: https://www.publicmedievalist.com/race-fantasy-genre/ 

SOURCES AND MAPS: https://insidethetext.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/sources_the-meanings-of-fantasy-maps.pdf