[Dragaera] Geography: The Map of Dragaera, Release 2

Mark Landin marklandin at gmail.com
Sat Jun 4 20:16:45 PDT 2011


Wouldn't it be easier to just have Steven send you a copy of the map
he has in his secret inner sanctum?

On 6/4/11, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote:
> On 2011-06-04 17:47, Bryan Newell wrote:
>> A new release of my Map of Dragaera project is now available.
>>
>> You can find it at http://bryann.net/dragaera/map/.
>>
>> It's been seven years (!) since the last release, and quite a bit has
>> changed.  In addition to a number of new novels being published (/Sethra
>> Lavode/, /Dzur/, /Jhegaala/, /Iorich/, and /Tiassa/), Steven Brust agreed
>> to
>> answer a few questions I had about the geography of Dragaera. During the
>> course of that conversation, he volunteered information that has yet to
>> make
>> an appearance in any of his published works. I used this information with
>> the implied stipulation that he might change his mind in a future work.
>
> Congrats on the new release!
>
>> Someone (I think it was DDB, but I've been unable to confirm that)
>> suggested
>> I document my reasoning. Having to justify every decision I made made me
>> realize just how much guesswork was involved in the first release (and how
>> much guesswork /is/ required). The new release reflects that. At the top
>> of
>> the main page is a link to a document that explains why my map of Dragaera
>> looks the way it does, and should make it clear where I guessed and why.
>> Even if you don't care about my reasoning, this document may prove useful
>> to
>> you as a compendium of everything I think I know about Dragaera.
>
> It might well have been me; it's the sort of nasty high-effort thing I
> think of and suggest that others do :-) .  I know, when I'm doing
> complicated analysis myself, that I tend sometimes to lose track after a
> while of how I reached earlier conclusions, which means I have to
> recreate the work if I need to explain or check my conclusions.
>
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