The Dictionary Of Imaginary Places

What a Fun Book to Peruse Endlessly

Having just yesterday received my copy of this book, I clearly have not read all of it. Looking at the size, why did I purchase such a strange book. This morning, with my first coffee of the day, I decided to leaf through it and immediately found a reference to “Gormenghast” by Mervyn Peake, one of my all-time favorites. Then there was this little snippet from Francois Rabelais’ "Gargantua and Pantagruel" about The Sea of Frozen Words: “… In winter, all words and sounds in the area are frozen; as the milder weather approaches in spring, they begin to thaw out and can be clearly heard. Travelers can pick up the frozen words, which resemble crystalized sweets of various colors." That alone makes this purchase worthwhile. Then I flipped the pages again and saw a piece about the Fuddles in "The Emerald City of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Another was "The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-popple" by Edward Lear. What a delight. I didn’t want to leave after I finished my coffee, but life intervenes and I will look forward to returning to this lovely book time and time again. Read more