David Eddings' maps from the Reed special collections

[starlady]

I have a family connection to Reed College; the 2011 Reed calendar is "Treasures from the Special Collections" (my favorite is probably the Greek typewriter), and when I saw this image on the back cover, I thought some people might be interested.

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[recessional]

Oh Eddings and your wholly implausible maps. *fond*

[boundbooks]

EEEEEEE!

After Eddings passed away, I read that he left $28 million to various charities. I was really happy to hear that, because he totally deserved it. His books were awesome.

[starlady]

I hadn't heard that about the charities. He also left all his and his wife's papers and a multimillion dollar bequest to Reed--the college endowed an English chair in his honor.

[boundbooks]

I should have specified that I counted Reed as one of those charities. :3

"The unfinished work, along with his other well renowned manuscripts, will go to his alma mater, Reed College in Portland, Ore.[6], along with a bequest of $18 million to fund "students and faculty studying languages and literature."[7] Eddings also bequeathed $10 million dollars to National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver for pediatric-asthma treatment and research. Edding's wife Leigh had asthma throughout her life before she died in 2007.[8]" - Wikipedia

[myaru]

That's such a cool addition. Thank you for sharing. <3 Eddings is a guilty pleasure and favorite of mine.

[juniperphoenix]

Ooh! Thanks for sharing.

[olewyvern.livejournal.com]

Nice. I haven't read enough Eddings to be able to appreciate that properly, but I like nice maps.

Our department has a Greek typewriter stashed up on a shelf in the library. That's all I have to add.

[babarnett.livejournal.com]

My niece just started at Reed this year. She's read quite a quite a lot of fantasy, so I imagine she's probably thrilled by the David Eddings connection there.