A review by assimbya
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic by Gianni Guadalupi, Alberto Manguel

5.0

Unprecedented, witty, and utterly delightful, this encyclopedia of magical worlds uses a tongue-in-cheek, tour guide sensibility combined with a genunine love for its source material, which together are incredibly effective. It remains equally engaging whether flipped through at one's leisure or read straight through, and also serves as a enlightening survey of the worlds we create, over centuries. Much can be said about humans by looking at their Utopias and Dystopias, and the proliferation of each in this book, as well as of far more balanced worlds such as Tolkien's Middle Earth, makes for a fascinating study.