It’s Tuesday again, and today’s Top Ten Tuesday Topic is “Bookstores/Libraries I’ve Always Wanted to Visit”. I’ve chosen to do “Book Settings I’d Like to Visit” instead. In case you’re wondering, the bookstores/libraries I’d like to visit include Powell’s Books in Portland (been there but it’s awesome), the National Archives, Library of Congress, and the Vatican library. But back to ten bookish settings:
There are a lot of bookish settings that would absolutely be terrible to visit because they’re always at war or something. But not all of them would be that bad.
The Shire: Who wouldn’t want to visit the Shire? I wouldn’t want to go at some periods of it’s history, but overall, it seems like a nice place. If it looks anything like the movies, it would be gorgeous. I guess the next best thing would be to go to New Zealand. But I’ve never been there either.
Narnia: Narnia would be a lovely place to visit. As long as you went at the right time. I mean, who would want to visit while the White Witch was still reigning and there was an eternal winter (with no Christmas)? It would be cool to see the talking animals and the mythical creatures.
Heaven: The Bible has a lot of places that would be pretty cool to visit. The Garden of Eden would be interesting to see (before that whole fruit thing happened, of course). I probably wouldn’t want to stay very long in any one place, because I probably wouldn’t really like their idea of sanitation, but Heaven would be a pretty cool place to stay for a very long time. We’re supposed to be happy there forever, right?
Tokyo of Warcross: I think it would be pretty cool to visit the Tokyo of Warcross. It would probably be a pretty fun game to play. The virtual overlays over everything would be cool to see as well. I’m not sure that the whole social scoring would be too good in real life (they’re already doing that in China) but other aspects of the game and its leakage into reality would be fun.
The Prairie of Little House: I guess there’s something of a theme in a lot of places I’d like to visit. Imagine the peace and quiet where you could read all of those books! But it would be lovely to visit some of those old-timey places where there weren’t a lot of people around and it was just you and nature.
Prince Edward Island of Anne of Green Gables time: here’s another one of those old-timey places that would be quiet and fun to visit for a bit. I bet it would get pretty cold in the winter though, since it’s so far up north. Maybe I’d only want to visit in the summer. Or I’d want to have extra warm clothes to wear. I get cold pretty easily.
Feudal Japan of Flame in the Mist: We’re going to assume that if I go to visit this place, I’m not going to be a peasant, because that would be no fun at all. But the magical forests and the like would probably be quite beautiful.
Krynn of Dragonlance: While I wouldn’t want to visit Krynn during one of their numerous wars, there were periods of peace in the land’s history (I think). It would be pretty fun to study to be a mage. I imagine they’d have to be Erudite like me, since they always have to read books.
Ireland, of The Wren Hunt: This was a last-minute edition to this post, because I just read it last week. The Wren Hunt is set in modern-day Ireland. Not in a big city or anything, but in a small village. Although the book doesn’t do a lot to describe the surroundings, I’ve seen pictures of Ireland before and I know it’s a beautiful place. So, I’d probably love to visit the setting of this book.
Pacific Crest Trail of Wild: At this point, I’ve gone through my entire read list on Goodreads (there’s a lot of books that I’ve read that aren’t on Goodreads that I don’t remember though) and I still have to come up with one other place. I’d love to visit the Pacific Crest Trail though, which is in the book Wild. I love hiking, and think that this would be a fun thing to do. I’d need new shoes though. Since I walk all day at work, I go through shoes fairly quickly, and am in need of a new pair. Especially if I plan on going on a massive hike like this.
So that’s today’s list. Come back next week when I talk about villains!
The virtual world in Warcross is so cool! I definitely wouldn’t mind experiencing that. I have visited Prince Edward Island and absolutely loved it. Fun fact: LM Montgomery’s son was a doctor and he delivered my mom when she was born!
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Wow, that’s awesome about your mom! You never know what interesting secrets people are hiding!
I love your take on this week’s topic! I feel like there are only so many bookstores and libraries, but so many great settings.
I might steal your idea for next week, since I mixed up my topics.
Go ahead! I’d love to see the book settings you’d like to visit!
I’m not sure where to start with this… Krynn! Yes, if only to get some of Otik’s spiced potatoes. And Middle Earth, because I want to live like a hobbit.
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Definitely have to try Otik’s spiced potatoes. We’ve tried making them at home before, but since they never printed out a Dragonlance recipe book, I don’t know if we got the recipe right or not.
I would love to visit The Shire. The food, the company, the beautiful scenery would be amazing.
Oh, I bet the hobbits would be amazing hosts! Even for an introvert like me!
I love posts like this. Fictional places like this are the best. The shire and Narnia definitely, and Krynn too- good call! I do think the prairie/ frontier would be amazing to see before it was developed- imagine all the mile upon mile of unspoiled wilderness. And Heaven definitely- always wondered what it’s like!
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I loved your fictional libraries as well! Part of me thinks that maybe a feature of the actual heaven would be the ability to time travel to see some of these places, like the prairie before it got developed. Maybe not, but one could dream!
Narnia would be really interesting to visit. Wonderful list!
Thanks! Narnia is such a big place too.
So many good ones. I loved Little House and Anne, but I am not sure I would be hardy enough to live in those time periods. Probably the same goes for Narnia and the Shire, though I am sure they are amazing to see. Warcross is a definite for me, because Tokyo is on my bucket list, but I’m poor.
I’m not sure if I’d like to *live* in those time periods either… although if I did live in those time periods then I wouldn’t know any better. Maybe someday with virtual reality we’ll kind of be able to visit these time periods (or simulations of them) and then when we get tired of it being too smelly we can come back to the present!
I think I would like to visit the IReland of the Wren Hunt! I’ve been looking forward to it for ages!
Ireland, The Wren Hunt, or both? It is a good book.
Ooh, yes to The Shire! I’d love to be part of a party there to be honest. Sounds like so much fun, haha. And Warcross as well. The whole virtual reality-thing intrigued me right from the bat, so I’d love to try it out in the way Lu’s invented. VR nowadays is making some progress, but it definitely is not the same as in Warcross. [Maybe some day it will though!]
Technology keeps getting better, so maybe!
I think Legend 4 is supposed to mostly be set in Antarctica, so we’ll get to see more of the Warcross-like gamification next year!
I would definitely want to visit the Warcross world. Only visit, though. The whole no-privacy thing and scoring system wouldn’t jive with me for very long. Haha
It seems that we’re headed in that direction as a society though, unfortunately. The scoring system actually exists in China, right now. But most of us can enjoy not having that, for now.
I’d quite like to go to Narnia, when Christmas had come back of course!
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Narnia at Christmas would probably be amazing!
This is excellent! I’d definitely love to visit the world of Warcross, it sounds excellent and is so vivid in my head.
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Be cool if they could make it into an actual video game!
Oooh definitely agree with Tokyo! And the VR world too! Also, I would absolutely travel back in time to an Oregon Trail setting, which is what Little House reminds me of! PEI would also be fabulous to visit. And I am definitely down for New Zealand- how amazing would it be!? Great picks!
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The Oregon Trail was a fun game. It’d be a little outdated now (okay that’s an understatement) but I had a lot of fun playing it at the time!
Narnia! Prince Edward Island!! Both are high on my wish-I-could-see list. Of course, PEI is a possibility… just not in my near future. 🙂
Also, I like to think I could handle Warcross’ Tokyo… but I’m not sure I’d last. 😀
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Although the PEI of today wouldn’t be much like Anne’s PEI, I don’t think.
I would 100% pack up and move to the Shire tomorrow if given the chance.
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Even I would feel tall there!
I’d love to do a long hike like the one in Wild. I’d want to be more prepared than the author was, though.
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Yes, a hike like that is definitely something you’d want to prepare for!
I think it would be fun to see the game of Warcross just to suit my curiousity and see if it is similar to what I imagined.
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Definitely. I wonder how long it will take for technology to actually catch up to our imaginations here.