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The Mapmaker
short essay/short story that appeared *in* the introduction to Fragile Things (like "Sheherazade's Typewriter" in Joe Hill's Twentieth Century Ghosts)
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February 17, 2021
The Mapmaker by Neil Gaiman is a short story that made it's way into his anthology "Selections From Fragile Things".
The story revolves around an Emperor and the importance he believes maps have. Willing to risk everything to build his maps, rather than to live wondering "what if" I think is the moral of the story. Well written, the author plays out the importance of achieving our goals. And when not done with reasonable foresight and consideration of others the possible consequences of those goals.
Very nice piece of work with a kind of reverence that surprises me, not being acquainted with the works of Mr Gaiman.
The story revolves around an Emperor and the importance he believes maps have. Willing to risk everything to build his maps, rather than to live wondering "what if" I think is the moral of the story. Well written, the author plays out the importance of achieving our goals. And when not done with reasonable foresight and consideration of others the possible consequences of those goals.
Very nice piece of work with a kind of reverence that surprises me, not being acquainted with the works of Mr Gaiman.
April 16, 2023
I believe the moral of the story was to always follow our dreams and keep up with our goals. The story revolves around an emperor obsessed with maps and the importance of them. The emperor was ready to do everything in his power to achieve his goal of building a real-life map.
I did not enjoy this story at all since it was uninteresting in every aspect.
I did not enjoy this story at all since it was uninteresting in every aspect.
June 14, 2023
This whole book flew right over my head 😭
March 30, 2021
Embedded in the introduction to Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders, the Emperor is so enamored by his maps he is willing to sacrifice not just his empire but his descendant's future, to have the ultimate Map on an island. A solid story with a profound message.
March 29, 2021
The story of a Chinese Emperor who had a map of China made on an island on a lake in the Imperial Palace Grounds. And yet he was not satisfied and wanted a bigger map made in 1/100 scale of his empire....
August 12, 2018
A short story originally intended to go in American Gods. Interesting and entertaining.
February 2, 2020
i am in awe of this story.. ❤❤
November 25, 2020
An interesting story about an Emperor who believed in the importance of Maps and how most maps made his Empire better.
December 7, 2020
An interesting story about the importance of maps in a time when they saw it as not.
December 18, 2020
A very interesting story told in the likeness of a Chinese folktale.
February 8, 2022
Interesting concept.
April 29, 2023
2023 read #47
2 stars! the reading slump is real 🤪
2 stars! the reading slump is real 🤪
February 2, 2020
I checked off the wrong book.
September 16, 2022
Just okay
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