Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: Episode 176: Shut Up, Fungus

February 5, 2016 10:38 AM

Get your chlorophyll on as we enter a vine-choked version of the Gaming Hut to riff an alien species that feeds via photosynthesis. / Ken gets you started on your collection of books about maps in a bibliographic Cartography Hut. / It’s been a while since Ask Ken and Robin had a lightning round, so let’s have a lightning round. / Then the Eliptony Hut blows up real good with a look at the Martian nuclear armageddon theory.
posted by graymouser (1 comment total)

Ken's Cartography Bookshelf:

How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey
Maps, Myths and Men: The Story of the Vinland Map by Kirsten Seaver
The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation by R.A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, and George D. Painter
The Mapmakers by John Noble Wilford
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks by Simon Garfield (also mentioned: Just My Type: A Book About Fonts)

Ken mentioned Mercator but not a specific book, so here's Mercator: the Man Who Mapped the Planet.
posted by graymouser at 11:15 AM on February 5, 2016 [1 favorite]