LO: Cloth map?

Arsenic · Postby **Arsenic** » Tue May 20, 2003 6:52 pm

So yeah, I've been reading the press releases and such, and they say that Lyra's Oxford is going to contain a cloth map of Oxford.. and so I'm wondering.. what the heck is a cloth map? Like, a foldout peice of cloth, or on the endpages, or what?

eloquent · Postby **eloquent** » Tue May 20, 2003 9:55 pm

Yeah I suppose it will be a large piece of fabric that will fold out and will have the map printed on it. They are going for a kind of quaint authenticity so a cloth map probably fitted their brief better than a paper OS extract.

Postby **jessia** » Tue May 20, 2003 10:34 pm

it'd be cool if the whole book was printed on cloth like those children's books are. just not bright red and blue... but more scroll-ish looking.

eloquent · Postby **eloquent** » Tue May 20, 2003 10:47 pm

Yeah, if it had a kinda light brown tea-stained old parchment colour. That's probably what the map will be like.

Will · Postby **Will** » Sun May 25, 2003 5:47 pm

I have an Ankh-Morpork map on my wall...

random guy · Postby **random guy** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 5:39 pm

probly like the LOTR map but cloth.

Kyrillion · Postby **Kyrillion** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:27 pm

I used to have the Discworld map up. I don't think th publishers are going to be using vellum, you know, not if the book is selling at 9.99.

Do you think you'll put the map up on your wall?

Will · Postby **Will** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 9:43 pm

Maybe if they put like metal rings in the corners for easy hanging. Otherwise I wouldn't want to wreck it.

eniamrahc · Postby **eniamrahc** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:05 pm

Um. 'Vellum'?

Will · Postby **Will** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:35 pm

I'm not exactly sure what it is either, but look at the context - it's obviously a fairly expensive fabric. I said it in some other thread, I really hope the map is pull-out and not fold-out. It would make the book really fat if it was stuck in the end, plus you wouldn't be able to take it out of course.

Postby **jessia** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:13 pm

it shouldn't be a fold out. all the goodies that come with the book will be included with the audiobook.

AySz88 · Postby **AySz88** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 1:44 am

Vellum - A fine parchment made from calfskin, lambskin, or kidskin and used for the pages and binding of books.

Wow, that's gotta be expensive.

Postby **jessia** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:34 am

the map wouldn't be vellum anyways, since it's usually used for binding. the map would probably just be on something like canvas.

TheLadyofShalott · Postby **TheLadyofShalott** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 8:02 am

Blighty wrote:I'm not exactly sure what it is either, but look at the context - it's obviously a fairly expensive fabric. I said it in some other thread, I really hope the map is pull-out and not fold-out. It would make the book really fat if it was stuck in the end, plus you wouldn't be able to take it out of course.

What do you think scissors are for? :lol:

eniamrahc · Postby **eniamrahc** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:08 am

No way! I wouldn't be able to cut the map.

Will · Postby **Will** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:54 pm

TheLadyofShalott wrote:What do you think scissors are for?

Not for massacring my beautiful LO!

eniamrahc · Postby **eniamrahc** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:18 am

Absolutely!

You WERE joking, weren't you?

eloquent · Postby **eloquent** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:24 pm

Hence the ":lol:"...

eniamrahc · Postby **eniamrahc** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:26 pm

Ah. OH.

Point taken.

Postby **Peter** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 12:42 pm

Blighty wrote:
TheLadyofShalott wrote:What do you think scissors are for?

Not for massacring my beautiful LO!

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