Interesting Comments by the Artist of the Map
Did you know that the map from the book was created by Maxime Plasse? I didn't! Until I found her deviantart account when I searched Google images for a copy of the map.
Check this out. She posted the map on her deviantart (a very high-res version!) but she also had some very interesting comments about the commission:
"A map commissionned by Harper Collins Publishers for Megan Whalen successfull serie "Queens Thief". The map is supposed to be a subjective vision of some people of the world (mainly from the regions of Attolia, Sounis and Eddis) hence it is heavily and artificially distorded to focus on those regions and also on the Mede territory, an ancestral ennemy if I understood good. The world depicted in Queen's thief is loosely based on a antique mediteranean culture.
Harper Collins also asked me to leave the title/text box empty so they'd deal with it on their own."
Subjective version! Heavily and artificially distorted! I think we had some fans speculating that that was the case, but did we know for sure before now?
I love that even the publishers are all in on the unreliable narration of this world.
Check this out. She posted the map on her deviantart (a very high-res version!) but she also had some very interesting comments about the commission:
"A map commissionned by Harper Collins Publishers for Megan Whalen successfull serie "Queens Thief". The map is supposed to be a subjective vision of some people of the world (mainly from the regions of Attolia, Sounis and Eddis) hence it is heavily and artificially distorded to focus on those regions and also on the Mede territory, an ancestral ennemy if I understood good. The world depicted in Queen's thief is loosely based on a antique mediteranean culture.
Harper Collins also asked me to leave the title/text box empty so they'd deal with it on their own."
Subjective version! Heavily and artificially distorted! I think we had some fans speculating that that was the case, but did we know for sure before now?
I love that even the publishers are all in on the unreliable narration of this world.