The Atlas of the Land: A Complete Guide to the Strange and Magical Land of Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant [Paperback]

Karen Wynn Fonstad (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 201 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey; 1st edition (October 12, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345314336
• ISBN-13: 978-0345314338
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars fonstad's weakest atlas, April 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Atlas of the Land (Hardcover)

while impressed with the ammount of detail that fonstad put into the middle-earth and dragonlance atlas', the atlas of the land seems almost bland in comparison (most likely because this was fonstad's first book). most of the pages have barely anything on them, and the maps confuse the time periods from both trilogies. the areas are listed by region, seemingly jumping around from place to place and time period to time period seemingly at random, rather than chronilogically from both the covenant books. even worse, there are hardly any cross-sections, which fonstad excelled at with the dragonlance atlas. what a pity. if you're a die-hard covenant fan, this may be worth an absolute maximum of $25, but otherwise you're best suited to your imagination - you will be dissapointed otherwise.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What an excellent piece of work!, June 11, 2000

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This review is from: The Atlas of the Land: A Complete Guide to the Strange and Magical Land of Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Paperback)

A definite must for any Donaldson reader! I can't imagine the amount of work that must have went into the construction of this book! The Land comes to life through meticulously researched and constructed illustrations and maps. Virtually all of the places presented in both the Covenant series are illustrated and scaled. Maps of Covenant's journey are drawn to scale and labeled to correspond to events in the series. A superbly researched and constructed work. The perfect companion to one of (if not the greatest) fantasy series of all time. Excellent excellent excellent! Since this book is out of print, if Amazon can't get one for you, go to EBay and bid on one. You can't fully appreciate the Covenant series without having read it with Karen's book at your side.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent pictorial representation of The Land, January 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Atlas of the Land: A Complete Guide to the Strange and Magical Land of Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Paperback)

I purchased this book in between reading the First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. After reading the First Chronicles, I had a great admiration for Mr. Donaldsons depiction of Thomas Covenant and his journeys through The Land. He tells an outstanding story (which remains my favorite fantasy series to this day). It was not until I read Ms Fonstad's Atlas of the Land that I acquired a truly indepth feel for The Land. Thanks to this work, I feel as though I have actually been to the places Covenant had been. She includes maps of all the locations Covenant visited in all four of his translations to the land. Highly recommended.