An enjoyable chapter romp through "sunken continents, vanished cities, and the kingdoms that history misplaced" that is ripe for inspiration but occasionally hard to sift through with its overlong paragraphs and lack of geographical organization.
Lost Lands, Forgotten Realms by Dr. Bob Curran
I enjoyed this and it had a lot of nice illustrations, in addition to covering quite a huge scope of these vanished moments in history. The writing left something to be desired. While the research was extensive and Dr. Curran did a good job of drawing parallels from multiple sources, it could have been a bit more broken up and organized, and there were quite a few noticeable typos (not really his fault, but still). Additionally, he has an annoying habit of ending each chapter and each section with a kind of speculative, esoteric statement: "perhaps that was all there was" type things. It didn't jar with the direction of the book--this was less scientific and more holistic of what these places were, and then drew parallels between mythological or folklorish cultures of many people--but it kind of killed it for a bit.
I'd recommend, again, for quick reads with chapters, but I do believe there is likely to be more thorough accounts of these things. Still, there were many different histories I hadn't yet heard, and I noted quite a few interesting things in its pages.
6.5/10
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