Lives of Mapmakers (Carnegie Mellon University Press Series in Fiction) [Paperback]

Alicia L. Conroy (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: Carnegie Mellon Univ Pr; 1 edition (January 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887484514
• ISBN-13: 978-0887484513
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A mind-expanding journey to new frontiers, September 11, 2006

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Lives Of Mapmakers is a science fiction anthology of characters who range in background from a sixteenth-century cartographer to a modern farm worker; yet all of them are caught up in a quest for direction in their lives. Magical elements such as the discovery of a prairie mermaid work their way into mundane individual lives, and nontraditional narrative forms obliquely illustrate how protagonists' crucial decisions have reverberating repercussions far beyond their immediate comprehension. A mind-expanding journey to new frontiers, reflecting the endless quest to chart the unknown in various venues of humans existence.