This week, the magic of maps in fantasy fiction -- and in Tolkien in particular -- and an introduction to the podcast. Show NotesL Frank Baum's map of OzRobert E Howard's map of the Hyborian Age"Celebrating Christopher Tolkien's Cartographic Legacy" (John Crowe, Reactor)"What to expect from Amazon's Lord of the Rings show and its Second Age setting" (Devan Coggan, EW)LOTRProjectStars And Swords: Footnoting Genre Fiction"After 3 years of trying, Lord of the Rings Online's 'Great Hobbit Run' ends in confused success as a mob of low-level players gets lost inside Mount Doom and decides it's close enough: 'Sauron can kiss my butt!'" (Andy Chalk, PCGamer)The Lord of the Rings OnlineQueer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth (Robin Anne Reid, Christopher Vaccaro, Stephen Yandell)Pity, Power and Tolkien's Ring (Tom Hillman)The Tides Of Time, The Tides Of Fate, And The Power Of Song (Tom Hillman, The Journal of Tolkien Research)The Atlas of Middle-earth (Karen Lynn Fonstad)Maps on Display: Fantastic Worlds Exhibit Coming this Summer! (UW-Madison)Shire Reckoning is a Next Word production. For bonus episodes and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/NextWord.Follow Shire Reckoning on YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram.Music by Corvus from Pixabay.

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