Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- The Relevance of Settings -- What Is Fantasy? -- 2. Maps -- Previous Explorations of Fantasy Maps -- What Is a Fantasy Map? -- A Survey of Fantasy Maps -- Reading Fantasy Maps -- 3. Borders and Boundaries -- Together Apart: Borders in Brust, Gaiman and Vess, and Nix -- The Geography of History: Polders in Tolkien, Holdstock, and Pratchett -- 4. Nature and Culture -- Two Slippery Terms -- The Return of the Tree: Bringing Nature Back into Minas Tirith -- Nature, Magic, and Misfits: Wilderness within Newford -- Blurred Boundaries: Conflux in New Crobuzon -- Growing Somewhere In-Between: Liminal Nature in Ombria -- 5. Realms and Rulers -- Linking Rulers to Realms: An Overview -- Ruling the Mythical Landscape: The Fisher King in Last Call -- Shaping the Realm: Palimpsests in Tourists -- Where Dark Lords Live: Landscapes of Evil in Tolkien, Donaldson, and Jordan -- 6. Some Final Thoughts -- Appendix A: Method for the Map Survey -- Appendix B: Map Sample -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.