Mexal Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I was most impressed when a reader (in Canada I think) correctly guessed that this line: "When I was seven, and William five, tutor Lundist took us secretly to the caverns of Paderack." Referenced the Gouffre de Padirac http://en.wikipedia....ki/Padirac_CaveAs to questions above: I wrote Prince of Thorns as a stand alone. King & Emperor are a touch more interwoven and hoping that the trilogy would be successful I anticipated that most readers would have all three books available to them at the time of reading, thus curiosity could be satisfied on a short rather than long timescale. Suffice it to say that the final book shows things that illuminate the middle one.Out of curiosity, how much research did you have to do in order to interweave their world with ours? That cave is an excellent example of something I wouldn't have picked up on but I like that you included it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Lawrence Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Out of curiosity, how much research did you have to do in order to interweave their world with ours? That cave is an excellent example of something I wouldn't have picked up on but I like that you included it.Heh - It would probably sound more impressive if I lied and said 'lots'. But it happens that my parents took me down that cave in 1975 and it made a big impression on me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzeentch991 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Just wanted to say you are the coolest author ever for directly responding to my questions!! I am totally buying the next book as soon as it comes out. Thanks so much and I like your writing style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzeentch991 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Oh and I get the feeling Miara or whatever her name was, the little girl wife is pretty damn cool. Hope she stays cool in book 3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rody Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 So the Dead Isles - England right? by the way of the map, or is it Ireland, since there is an island named Brit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Both I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 it's not too tricky, as Mark has admitted the map is just that of Europe with the sea level raised a dozen or so metres. Most places are in the same place as they are now. if you can get google map to be roughly the same scale you should be able to compare the two and work it out.Barlona was BarcelonaLion = Lyonroma = romeLux = luxembourgcorsair isles - corsicaA lot of the territories may also fall into the same type of thing but I haven't worked out ancrath, arrow, gelleth etc. It may just be that those families named the territories after themselves rather than the other way around though? Andalucia is clearly from Andalucia in Spain,I'm not sure how good my google linking is but this is a rough approximation to the map seen in King of Thorns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Heh - It would probably sound more impressive if I lied and said 'lots'. But it happens that my parents took me down that cave in 1975 and it made a big impression on me :):lol: fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Heh - It would probably sound more impressive if I lied and said 'lots'. But it happens that my parents took me down that cave in 1975 and it made a big impression on me :)If only your parents had kept a receipt you could have maybe claimed it back as a research expense :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filippa Eilhart Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Why is Alba in the middle of Spain? That's another word for Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Why is Alba in the middle of Spain? That's another word for Scotland.It's also the name for a family who used to be big in Toledo, which is roughly where I place Alba in the Broken Kingdoms to be.Not to mention, it's the name of several places in Spain anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rody Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Ken Marshes where is that at, near Holland? Since when I think marshes somehow I think of somewhat Holland and their low lying land.Heimrift is the viking like people, but it is basically located around Poland, or Russia?Jorg's castle the Haunt - basically near the Alps right?Arrow, where Germany meets Denmark??Ancrath no idea.Castle Red? no idea, but it did have many bombs underneath - where those atomic bombs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Walker Texas Ranger Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I get that the Horse Coast is somewhere in Spain, but does anybody get the name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Horse coast, I'm drawing a blank with. Googling horse coast with spain/europe doesn't help and my pattern recognition is picking up a horse shape when looking at the Spanish coast (and I can still make out "thumbs-up corsica" "boot" Italy and "witch riding a pig" Brtiain).When Mark mentions it he also comments on how it doesn't look like a horse in Jorg's time so it could just be Mark pointing out it never looked like a horse.. Then again I'm not sure how good maps are in the future (I guess Jorg could use his googlemap eye on it). Maybe the map thing is a latest edition version of imaps? One that actually works ;)Chances are it's something very obvious like a word trasmutation from something that never was horse. Lion = Lyon for example, And Mark his having a nice chuckle at us grasping at straws.EDIT: At a push maybe they thought the balearic islands looked like a horse from that coast at some point during the floods? I have no idea if you can see the islands from the coast, i think they may be too far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlame Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Yeah, I'm curious about the Horse Coast too. Ha, there is a Costa de Garraf, so if it were named the Giraffe Coast it would make sense. Maybe it became a region known for good horseflesh?I love trying to match up the place names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Heimrift is the viking like people, but it is basically located around Poland, or Russia?I think Heimrift is about right for being just off where Denmark may once have been. If anything, closer than further. RembemberJorg's castle the Haunt - basically near the Alps right?Not sure really. It's certainly reminiscent of the Alps in the descriptions, but they're far too small an area and not quite in the right place. The topography of the south is the biggest question mark for me- the North seems about right, but the Alps aren't marked on the map at all (though they're mentioned, so presumably that's just because they're not needed on the map...) and the Renar Highlands aren't where I figure any highlands to be. But I'm just approximating looking at some different maps, so I could be wrong (and if Lion isn't actually exactly where Lyon is for example that'll throw me for a loop).Arrow, where Germany meets Denmark??Nah, it's the remnants of the area around Calais.Ancrath no idea.Crath City is around Paris, I'm fairly certain.Castle Red? no idea, but it did have many bombs underneath - where those atomic bombs?It's in Luxembourg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rody Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I think Heimrift is about right for being just off where Denmark may once have been. If anything, closer than further. RembemberNot sure really. It's certainly reminiscent of the Alps in the descriptions, but they're far too small an area and not quite in the right place. The topography of the south is the biggest question mark for me- the North seems about right, but the Alps aren't marked on the map at all (though they're mentioned, so presumably that's just because they're not needed on the map...) and the Renar Highlands aren't where I figure any highlands to be. But I'm just approximating looking at some different maps, so I could be wrong (and if Lion isn't actually exactly where Lyon is for example that'll throw me for a loop).Nah, it's the remnants of the area around Calais.Crath City is around Paris, I'm fairly certain.It's in Luxembourg.I am so stupid, I had not noticed Roma in Mark's map, so therefore I had no point of reference, so now I see where you guys are coming from.One last question though. Builder's Sun = Atomic Bombs?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 EDIT: At a push maybe they thought the balearic islands looked like a horse from that coast at some point during the floods? I have no idea if you can see the islands from the coast, i think they may be too far away.Balearic Horse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Lawrence Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 this may help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rody Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 this may help Mark thanks, all my questions and doubts about the map are settled.Now the Ken Marshes, so everyday a bell rings and the dead come out to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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