List of fictional towns in literature explained

This is a list of fictional towns in literature.

Town nameAuthorOriginNotes
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Abbot's-Cernel, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Cerne Abbas, Dorset
Abbotsea, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Abbotsbury, Dorset
Adenville, UtahJohn D. FitzgeraldThe Great Brain and other books in the Great Brain seriesAdenville is a small town in Utah, around AD 1900.
Adytum"Metaphysician" & variousSCP FoundationThe lost Eurasian capital of the fallen Daevite and Kalmaktama empires, and a legendary holy place in Sarkicism
Alagadda"tinwatchman", "Metaphysician", & variousSCP FoundationAlso named SCP-2264-B. An Italian city-state banished from Earth due to the dealings of its corrupt monarch, the Hanged King. Based on Carcosa
Aldbrickham, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Reading, Berkshire
Alfredston, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Wantage, Oxfordshire
Algonquin Bay, CanadaGiles BluntForty Words for Sorrow, Blackfly Season, By the Time You Read This, Crime Machine Algonquin Bay is a small town in Northern Ontario, a fictionalized version of the city of North Bay.
AlissarLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Al-YbiTerry PratchettDiscworldAl-Ybi is a mostly unremarkable desert city in Klatch. Al-Ybi's reputation for boringness has entered it in folklore as the place where Klatchians invented the concept of zero.
AmberRoger ZelaznyThe Chronicles of Amber
Anchester, EnglandH. P. LovecraftThe Rats in the Walls
Anchorage-in-VinelandPhilip ReeveMortal Engines QuartetAnchorage-in-Vineland is the static and stable version of the previously mobile Traction City of Anchorage. The city had decided to stop wandering the Arctic wastes and settle in the green and unspoilt land of Vineland, on what was left of the continent of North America, some millennia after the Sixty Minute War devastated Earth.
Anglebury, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Wareham, Dorset
Ankh-MorporkSir Terry PratchettDiscworldThe principal setting for most of the novels of the series, it is viewed as being the foremost city on the Disc.
AnsulUrsula K. Le GuinVoicesIt is the setting of the second novel in the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy. Once famed as a center of learning, but it was invaded and subjugated by the Alds, a desert people who believe the written word to be evil.
AramanthWilliam NicholsonWind On Firefictional walled city in the world of William Nicholson's Wind On Fire trilogy. It is destroyed in the second book, Slaves of the Mastery when Ortiz and his raiding company attack and take the whole population (minus Kestrel) as slaves for the Mastery. Aramanth later becomes part of the Sovereignty of Gang under Bowman and Sisi's leadership.
Arkham, MassachusettsH.P. LovecraftH.P. Lovecraft's work & Cthulhu Mythos
Árkod, HungaryMagda SzabóAbigélÁrkod is a town, close to the east borders of Hungary. The main setting of the novel. The town is based on Debrecen and Hódmezővásárhely.
Arnette, TexasStephen KingThe Stand
AtlantisPlatoTimaeus & Critias
Avonlea, Prince Edward IslandLucy Maud MontgomeryAnne of Green Gables
Aziz BaldaC.S. LewisThe Chronicles of NarniaA city south of the Calormen capital, Tashbaan. Aziz Balda is a hub where many roads meet, and lays host to the Calormene government's postal system.
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Baksonwille, ColoradoJenő RejtőTigrisvér
Balting City, NevadaJenő RejtőA Nevada szelleme
Barchester, EnglandAnthony TrollopeChronicles of Barsetshire
BayportFranklin W. DixonThe Hardy Boys
Bear CountryStan and Jan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears
Beardsley, New EnglandVladimir NabokovLolita
Beardstown, IndianaRoss Lockridge Jr.Raintree County
BeerlightSteve AylettThe Crime Studio
BelisaereGarth NixOld Kingdom
BellonaSamuel R. DelanyDhalgren
Belvedere, OhioThomas HarrisThe Silence of the Lambs
BerylonPatricia A. McKillipSong for the Basilisk
Bes PelargicTerry PratchettDiscworldA harbor town in the Agatean Empire
Bibliopolis, AlabamaTom SharpeThe Great PursuitStereotypical Southern USA Bible Belt town
Big Cherry, USATracy LettsThe Minutes
Birkham, ColoradoJenő RejtőTigrisvér
Blackbury, EnglandTerry PratchettTruckers
Bogdanski DolinaÁdám BodorAz érsek látogatásaBogdanski Dolina is a town in Eastern Europe, the location of which is difficult to determine.
BoaktisLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Boston Atlanta Metropolitan AxisWilliam GibsonNeuromancer
BönkTerry PratchettDiscworldPronounced, it is a town in Überwald.
BordertownTerri WindlingBorderland
BraavosGeorge R.R. MartinA Song of Ice and Fire
Brackhampton, EnglandAgatha ChristieMiss Marple series
Braintree, TexasStephen KingThe Stand
Bramshurst, Upper WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Lyndhurst, Hampshire
BreeJ.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings
Brewer, PennsylvaniaJohn UpdikeRabbit series
Briceland, New HampshireVladimir NabokovLolita
Brockton Bay, USAJohn "Wildbow" McCraeWorm
Buckkeep TownRobin HobbThe Realm of the Underlings
Budleigh Babberton, EnglandJ. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-blood PrinceLocated somewhere in southern England
Budmouth, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Weymouth, Dorset
Bursley, EnglandArnold BennettAnna of the Five Towns
BusytownRichard ScarryBest Word Book Ever
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Cantrip, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
Cape Random, NewfoundlandBernice MorganRandom Passage
CapronaDiana Wynne JonesThe Magicians of CapronaCaprona is a sovereign city-state in the world of the Chronicles of Chrestomanci series.
CarcosaAmbrose BierceAn Inhabitant of CarcosaCarcosa is an ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there.
Caslin, NebraskaStephen KingThe Stand
Casterbridge, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Dorchester, Dorset
Castle Rock, MaineStephen KingThe Dead Zone
Cedar CoveDebbie MacomberCedar Cove and Rose Harbor seriesA quaint, picturesque town on an island in Puget Sound in Washington state
Centennial, ColoradoJames MichenerCentennial
Chalk Newton, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Maiden Newton, Dorset
Champion, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
Chaseborough, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Cranborne, Dorset
Chasm CityAlastair ReynoldsRevelation Space
Chester's MillStephen KingUnder the Dome
Chinquapin, LouisianaRobert HarlingSteel Magnolias
Chipping Cleghorn, EnglandAgatha ChristieMiss Marple series
Christminster, North WessexThomas HardyJude the ObscureCorrelates to the real-life Oxford, Oxfordshire
ChronopolisJ. G. BallardChronopolis
CittàgazzePhilip PullmanHis Dark Materials series
City of the Happy PrinceOscar WildeThe Happy Prince and Other Stories
City of the Iron FishSimon IngsCity of the Iron Fish
Clanton, MississippiJohn GrishamA Time to KillSeveral of Grisham's other novels also take place, in whole or in part, in Clanton.
Cleaves Mills, MaineStephen KingThe Dead Zone
CleopolisEdmund SpenserThe Faerie Queene
Cliff Martin, Outer WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Combe Martin, Devon
Climax, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
ClochemerleGabriel ChevallierClochemerleClochemerle is a fictional village in France, in a 1934 satirical novel of the same name by Gabriel Chevallier, inspired by Vaux-en-Beaujolais, a commune in the Beaujolais. The novel satirises the conflict between Catholics and republicans in the Third Republic.[1] The story concerns a dispute over the construction of a vespasienne (public urinal) near the village church. The term Clochemerle has entered French as a term to describe "petty, parochial squabbling".[2]
Cobhole, EssexG. K. ChestertonFather Brown
Connicted, TexasJenő RejtőTexas Bill, a fenegyerek
Cool Clary, EnglandChristopher FryThe Lady's Not for Burning
Copper City, ArizonaJenő RejtőPokol a hegyek közöttCopper City is a little, poor town, which located next to the Colorado River.
Cranford, North WessexElizabeth GaskellCranford, My Lady Ludlow, Mr. Harrison's ConfessionsCranford is a village in the county of Cheshire in North West England, based on Knutsford.
Cresscombe, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Letcombe Bassett, Berkshire
Csarnikot, EuropeErvin LázárVérengző Alfréd
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DaevabadS. A. ChakrabortyThe Daevabad Trilogy
DaleJ.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit
Daleport, USA"Tanhony" & "FlameShirt"SCP FoundationAlso known as SCP-1936 and Nexus-37. Daleport is a New England coastal town that has been uninhabited by humans since 1997, when a cult named the Victor Society summoned multiple bizarre and violent deities in an attempt to 'cleanse' the town.
DarnleyPhilip George ChadwickThe Death Guard
Darrowby, YorkshireJames HerriotIt Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
DarujhistanSteven EriksonGardens of the MoonDarujhistan is a large city on the continent Genebackis.
Dead River, MaineJack KetchumOff Season and several works
Deansleigh, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Romsey, Hampshire
Denton, EnglandR.D. WingfieldA Touch of FrostDenton is a town in southern England, in either Berkshire, Oxfordshire, or Wiltshire.
Denver Hill, ArizonaJenő RejtőTexas Bill, a fenegyerek
Derry, MaineStephen KingThe Bird and the AlbumMentioned in several stories, Derry first appeared as the main setting in It.
Desperation, NevadaStephen kingDesperation
DhagabadAnna KashinaThe Princess of Dhagabad
DiasparArthur C. ClarkeThe City and the Stars
DictionopolisNorton JusterThe Phantom Tollbooth
DigitopolisNorton JusterThe Phantom Tollbooth
DiomiraItalo CalvinoInvisible Cities
DisDante AlighieriDivine ComedyDis is the city containing the lower circles of Hell.
DobrinÁdám BodorThe Sinistra ZoneDobrin is a village in Eastern Europe, the location of which is difficult to determine.
DoroteaItalo CalvinoInvisible Cities
Downstaple, Lower WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Barnstaple, Devon
Dras-leonaChristopher PaoliniEragonIt is the second biggest city in Alagaesia after Uru'Baen.
Duchy of Grand FenwickLeonard WibberleyThe Mouse that Roared
DumdrudgeThomas CarlyleSartor Resartus
Dunwich, MassachusettsH.P. LovecraftH.P. Lovecraft's work & Cthulhu Mythos
DuPray, South CarolinaStephen KingThe Institute
Durnover, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Fordington, Dorset
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Earlcastle, EnglandKen FollettKingsbridge-seriesWigleigh is a town in South West England.
Earth CityChristopher PriestInverted World
East VillageMiriam ToewsA Complicated Kindness, All My Puny SorrowsCorrelates to the real-life Steinbach, Manitoba
Eastwick, LondonJulian BarnesMetroland
Eastwick, MassachusettsJohn UpdikeThe Witches of Eastwick
Edgestow, EnglandC.S. LewisThat Hideous Strength
EdenfeldAndrew UngerOnce RemovedCorrelates to the real-life Steinbach, Manitoba
EdorasJ.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the RingsThe capital of Rohan
El DoradoVoltaireCandideA fabled city of gold located in South America
Elphistone, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
El-YsaTerry PratchettDiscworldThis is a village in Klatch whose inhabitants were killed when their well was poisoned.
EmberJeanne DuPrauThe City of Ember
Emerald CityL. Frank BaumVarious Oz BooksThe Emerald City is the capital of the Land of Oz, the Emerald City. It is entirely (in the first books) or mostly (in later books) green. The city is made of green glass, emeralds, and other jewels.
Emminster, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Beaminster, Dorset.
Emond's FieldRobert JordanNew Spring
Empire Falls, MaineRichard RussoEmpire Falls
Endelstow, Off WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life St. Juliot, Cornwall
Endora, IowaPeter HedgesWhat's Eating Gilbert GrapeEndora is the main setting of the novel. The population of the town is 1,091.
EntrallaEdward Carey
EosIsaac AsimovRobot seriesEos is the capital city of the planet Aurora.
EsgarothJ.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit
Esterberg, Silesian Voivodeship"Ralliston" & variousSCP FoundationEsterberg (Polish: '''Tysiąclecie Górne'''; also City of the East, SCP-5373, and Free Port-120) is an extradimensional city-state that shares its location with Częstochowa, Poland. It is a large paranormal enclave populated mostly by fae and yeren.
Eustace, OklahomaStephen KingThe Stand
EvarchiaBrigid Brophy
Evershead, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Evershot, Dorset
Everville, USAClive BarkerEverville
Exonbury, Lower WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Exeter, Devon
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Fairvale, CaliforniaRobert BlochPsychoFairvale is a town and a county seat.
Fairview, ConnecticutStephen KingThinner
Fallen AreaSteve BermanVarious works
Fertő CityVavyan FableVis Major-series
Filippon, TexasJenő RejtőA néma revolverek városa
Folkstone, ColoradoJenő RejtőTigrisvér
Fort-Rower, NevadaJenő RejtőA Nevada szelleme
Fountall, Outer WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Wells, Somerset
Freeheaven, IndianaRoss Lockridge Jr.Raintree County
French Landing, WisconsinStephen King & Peter StraubBlack House
G
Galt's GulchAyn RandAtlas Shrugged
Gao VillageWu Cheng'enJourney to the West
Garmouth, EnglandRobert WestallThe Machine Gunners
GarradrimnaBrinsley MacNamaraValley of the Squinting Windows
Gatlin, NebraskaStephen KingChildren of the Corn
Gaymead, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Theale, Berkshire
GebraTerry PratchettDiscworldA heavily fortified harbor town in Klatch that was a target of the Ankh-Morporkian invasion force in the Leshp-war.
GenuaTerry PratchettDiscworld
Gideon, New HampshireJoe HillHorns
Gibbsville, PennsylvaniaJohn O'HaraAppointment in SamarraA fictionalized version of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. A common setting of O'Hara stories, Gibbsville was also the setting of a television movie and short-lived series.
Gimmerton, EnglandEmily BrontëWuthering HeightsGrimmerton is a fictional town in Northern England.
Glen St. Mary, Prince Edward IslandL.M. MontgomeryAnne of Green Gables
Glimmerdagg, SwedenAnders Jacobsson and Sören OlssonSune
Glogova, HungaryKálmán MikszáthSt. Peter's UmbrellaGlogova is a very poor settlement near Beszterce, not even the Selmecbánya-Beszterce railway line stops in the village. As a result of a mysterious event connected to St. Peter, it becomes a popular place of pilgrimage.
Gloucester, EnglandKen FollettKingsbridge-seriesGloucester is a village in South West England.
Godric's Hollow, EnglandJ.K. RowlingHarry Potter series
Golden Glow, Winnemac, USASinclair LewisWork of ArtGolden Glow is a city described as a "dirty and noisy industrial huddle".
Gopher Prairie, MinnesotaSinclair Lewis
GormenghastMervyn PeakeGormenghast series
GovannionLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Gowburgh, ScotlandRobin JenkinsGuests of War
Great Depht, NevadaJenő RejtőA Nevada szelleme
Great Gusliar, Vologda OblastKir BulychevRussian: '''Великий Гусляр''' Velikiy Guslyar. Great Gusliar is a small, seemingly-quiet town that happens to attract all kinds of science-fiction phenomena, including aliens, time travelers, magical creatures, mad scientists. It is based upon the town of Veliky Ustyug, which itself stated in-universe to be a rival to Great Gusliar.
Great Hangleton, EnglandJ. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireGreat Hangleton located in northern England. The village was six miles away from the lover community of Little Hangleton.
Green Town, IllinoisRay BradburyDandelion Wine
Grimeworth, YorkshireMichael ParkinsonThe Woofits
Grover's Corner, New JerseyKeith RobertsonHenry Reed, Inc.
Grover's Corners, New HampshireThornton WilderOur Town
Guildstead CarbonellTom SharpeBlott on the Landscape
H
HadleyburgMark TwainThe Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Haliford, YorkshireJ.B. PriestleyThey Walk in the CityA Yorkshire industrial town suffering the economic crisis of the 1930s, similar to real towns well known to writer from his own childhood
HarfangC.S. LewisThe Silver Chair
Harrison, OhioStephen KingFirestarter
Harwich, ConnecticutStephen KingLow Men in Yellow Coats
Hastings GlenStephen KingFirestarter
Hammer Crossing, KansasStephen KingThe Stand
HanbridgeArnold BennettAnna of the Five Towns
HavJan MorrisLast Letters from Hav
Haven, MaineStephen KingThe Tommyknockers
HavenSimon R. GreenHawk and Fisher: No Haven for the GuiltyHaven is a southern port city-state in the Low Kingdoms ridden with crime and corruption.
Haven CityEoin ColferArtemis Fowl series
Havenpool, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Poole, Dorset
HeliumEdgar Rice BurroughsBarsoom Martian novelsPrincipal city of the Red Men of Mars
Heaven's Bay, North CarolinaStephen KingJoyland
Henrietta, VirginiaMaggie StiefvaterThe Raven Cycle Series
HierusalemEdmund SpenserThe Faerie Queene
HobbitonJ.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings
Hogsmeade, IrelandJ.K. RowlingHarry Potter series
Huntersburg, IllinoisSherwood AndersonUnlighted Lamps
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Ilium, New YorkKurt VonnegutVarious worksIt is considered a stand-in for the actual cities of Schenectady and Troy, New York. Featured or referenced in Vonnegut's novels Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Player Piano, and Galápagos.
Imrryr, MelnibonéMichael MoorcockThe Dreaming CityImrryr, also known as the Dreaming City and Imrryr the Beautiful, was the capital city of Melniboné for a 10,000-year-old dynasty until the last emperor, Elric of Melniboné, burnt it to the ground. Prior to its destruction, Imrryr had tall towers that shone with many different colors in the light of the sun, and a seaport that was one of the most important trading hubs on the planet.
Innsmouth, MassachusettsH.P. LovecraftH.P. Lovecraft's work & Cthulhu Mythos
Insomnia Lodge, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
InstruereRussell KirkpatrickFire of HeavenInstruere is the capital of Faltha.
Ínsula BaratariaMiguel de CervantesDon Quixote
IrLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
IrazLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA non-Novarian city-state distantly-located from any Novarian city-state
IsidoraItalo CalvinoLe città invisibili
Isle of Slingers, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Isle of Portland, Dorset
IsolaEvan Hunter87th PrecinctThe urban city that is the setting for the 87th Precinct series of police procedural novels written by Ed McBain (pseudonym of Evan Hunter)
Ivell, Outer WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Yeovil, Somerset
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Jacksonburg, IshmaeliaEvelyn WaughScoopJacksonburg is the capital city of Ishmaelia, a fictional country in eastern Africa.
JaggonathC.S. FriedmanBlack Sun RisingA human port city, one of the largest settlements in Erna's western hemisphere
JahiliaSalman RushdieThe Satanic Verses
Jefferson, MississippiWilliam FaulknerSartoris, later novels and shorter worksCounty seat of Yoknapatawpha County, the setting of most of Faulkner's novels. The area of the town is 2400 square miles, the population is 15,611 of which 6,298 are whites and 9,313 are african americans.
Jerusalem's Lot, MaineStephen King'Salem's Lot
Jonathanland, CaliforniaMason EwingVarious stories including Madison Goes to India
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KanthapuraRaja RaoKanthapura
Kasbeam, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
Kennetbridge, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Newbury, Berkshire
Kennituck FallsBruce CovilleMy Teacher Is an Alien
KeramzinLeigh BardugoShadow and Bone
KetterdamLeigh BardugoSix of Crows
KharéSteve JacksonFighting Fantasy
KiewarraJane HarperThe DryIn the Australian Outback
Kilmore Cove, CornwallUlysses MooreSeveral works
Kindlow, ArizonaJenő RejtőTexas Bill, a fenegyerek
Kingsbere, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Bere Regis, Dorset
Kingsbridge, EnglandKen FollettKingsbridge-seriesKingsbridge is a town in South West England.
Kingsmarkham, SussexRuth RendellFrom Doon with Death
King's LandingGeorge R.R. MartinA Song of Ice and FireKing's Landing is the royal capital of Westeros and the Seven Kingdoms.
Kings Row, USAHenry BellamannKings RowKings Row is a small town in the Midwest.
Kingsport, MassachusettsH.P. LovecraftThe Terrible Old Man
Kingsport, YorkshireWinifred HoltbySouth RidingA major English seaport town fictional city setting in the classic novel, analogous to the location of Kingston-upon-Hull
Kinneret, CaliforniaThomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49
Knollsea, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Swanage, Dorset
KnypeArnold BennettAnna of the Five Towns
KocourkovOndřej SekoraKronika města Kocourkova
KomTerry PratchettDiscworld
KorH. Rider Haggard
KortoliLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Krasnoy, OrsiniaUrsula K. Le GuinMalafrena
KravoniaAnthony HopeSophy of Kravonia
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LachrymoseLemony SnicketA Series of Unfortunate Events
LakeportLaura Lee HopeThe Bobbsey Twins
Lake Wobegon, MinnesotaGarrison Keillorvarious works
LakuEvelyn WaughScoop
Lambton, DerbyshireJane AustenPride and Prejudice
Lamplight"Tufto"SCP FoundationDesignated SCP-5005. It is the most remote settlement created by a sentient creature and the most remote matter in existence. Lamplight was named after a giant lamp suspended over the town, (SCP-5005-1; in actuality a cybernetic esca for a colossal deceased anglerfish), and was founded by a poet named Jean-Antoine Delacroix when he accidentally discovered the location while attempting suicide by blindly teleporting into antimatter at the end of the multiverse. Locals refuse to question the nature of the land, a curiosity that contributes to the significant suicide and disappearance rates in tourists.
Lancre TownTerry PratchettDiscworldCapital of Lancre
Landing CityDavid WeberHonorverse seriesCapital of the Star Kingdom of Manticore
LankhmarFritz LeiberFafhrd and the Gray Mouser series
Leathercombe, DevonAgatha ChristieEvil Under the Sun
Lehigh Station, PennsylvaniaJohn JakesNorth and South
Leppingville, New HampshireVladimir NabokovLolita
Levenford, ScotlandA.J. CroninCountry Doctor
LiavekVarious authorsLiavek
Libertyville, PennsylvaniaStephen KingChristine
Lichfield, USAJames Branch CabellLichfield is a town in the southern United States, probably in Virginia.
LilliputJonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels
LindalinoJonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels
Lismoyle, IrelandSomerville and RossThe Real CharlotteLismoyle is a town in County Galway.
Little Dunthorpe, EnglandStephen KingMisery
Little Hangleton, EnglandJ.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireLittle Hangleton is a small village in northern England. The village was six miles away from the larger community of Great Hangleton and was about 200 miles away from Little Whinging.
Little Tall Island, MaineStephen KingDolores Claiborne
Little Whinging, SurreyJ.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Llareggub, WalesDylan ThomasUnder Milk Wood"bugger all" spelled backwards
London, South DakotaDavid BaldacciWalk the WireAn oil boomtown
London BelowNeil GaimanNeverwhereThis is a parallel world in and beneath the sewers of London Above.[3]
LongshawArnold BennettAnna of the Five Towns
Lower BinfieldGeorge OrwellComing Up for AirLower Binfield is a quiet town in the Thames Valley. There's a real settlement called Binfield but Orwell's biographer Bernard Crick says that Lower Binfield is "recognisably Henley".[4]
Lower Lockwood, EnglandJanice HallettThe AppealAn English town
Lower Tadfield, OxfordshireTerry Pratchett & Neil GaimanGood Omens
LucGraham GreeneThe Heart of the Matter
LudStephen KingDark Tower series
Ludlow, MaineStephen KingPet Sematary
Lulwind Cove, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Lulworth Cove, Dorset
Lumsdon, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Cumnor, Oxfordshire
LutenblagSanto Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, and Rob SitchMolvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern DentistryCapital of the eponymous nation
LysArthur C. ClarkeThe City and the Stars
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MaardamHåkan NesserDet grovmaskiga nätetA city in northern Europe.
Macondo, ColombiaGabriel García MárquezLa Hojarasca The town was first mentioned in La Hojarasca and La Mala Hora before appearing as a setting in One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Madamaska Falls, New EnglandPhilip RothSabbath's Theater
Madison, KentuckyDavid MorrellFirst BloodMadison is a town in Basalt County, Kentucky.
Mahagonny, AlaskaBertolt Brecht & Kurt WeillRise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Malcasa Point, CaliforniaRichard LaymonVarious works
Malgudi, IndiaR.K. NarayanMalgudi DaysMalgudi is a fictional town in India created by R.K. Narayan in his novels and short stories. It forms the setting for most of Narayan's works.
Malton-under-Wode, EnglandAgatha ChristieDeath on the NileIn the novel Death on the Nile, Malton-under-Wode is a country village. Located in the village is the estate Wode Hall, previously owned by Sir George Wode. He sold it to the rich heiress Linnet Ridgeway, due to financial difficulties.
Manawaka, ManitobaMargaret LaurenceThe Stone AngelThe town is also used in Daniel Poliquin's novel L'écureuil noir.
MansoulJohn BunyanThe Holy War
Marghdeen (Marghadin)Allama Muhammad IqbalJavid NamaMentioned in Allama Iqbal's epic poem Javid Nama, the city of Marghdeen is depicted as a welfare state based on divine principles for humanity. It depicts the purist and the noblest level of any human society, one can imagine. The city of absolute peace in Javid Nama.
Mariposa, OntarioStephen LeacockVarious short stories
Marlott, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Marnhull, Dorset
Marygreen, North WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Fawley, Berkshire
Maycomb, AlabamaHarper LeeTo Kill a Mockingbird
Melchester, Mid WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Salisbury, Wiltshire
Mellstock, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Stinsford, Dorset
MenzoberranzanEd GreenwoodDungeons & Dragons

Forgotten Realms

MetouroLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Michel DelvingJ.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings
Middlemarch, EnglandGeorge EliotMiddlemarch, A Study of Provincial LifeMiddlemarch is a town in Midland England.
Middleton, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Milton Abbas, Dorset
Midland City, OhioKurt VonnegutDeadeye Dick, Breakfast of ChampionsMidland City is a generic Midwestern town modeled off the author's hometown.
Midston, USARaymond Abrashkin & Jay WilliamsDanny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint
Midwich, WinshireJohn WyndhamThe Midwich Cuckoos
Mill River, CaliforniaRobert B. ParkerA Catskill Eagle
Minas TirithJ.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings
Missing Mile, North CarolinaPoppy Z. BriteLost Souls
Monument, USARobert CormierThe Chocolate War
Momson, VermontStephen King'Salem's Lot
Moonlight Bay, CaliforniaDean KoontzFear Nothing
MortmereChristopher Isherwood & W. H. AudenLions and Shadows (1938)
Mottstown, MississippiWilliam FaulknerAs I Lay Dying
Much Benham, EnglandAgatha ChristieSeveral WorksMuch Benham is an English town two miles from the village of St. Mary Mead.
Mud Flats, NebraskaJohn SladekThe Müller-Fokker Effect
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Nádori-Csabadul, HungaryMagda SzabóThe Door
Narrowbourne, Outer WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life West Coker, Somerset
NessusGene WolfeThe Shadow of the Torturer
New BabylonTim LaHaye & Jerry B. JenkinsLeft Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days
New CrobuzonChina MiévillePerdido Street Station
New DareenJack O'BrianA rettegés városa
NewfordCharles de LintVarious works
New New YorkPhilip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Joe HaldemanWorlds
New Hope, MississippiWilliam FaulknerAs I Lay Dying
New VeniceJean-Christophe ValtatThe Mysteries of New VeniceA fictional city, made of buildings from past world's fairs, and located near the North Pole, on Ellesmere Island
Norwich, NevadaJenő RejtőA Nevada szelleme
NovokribirskLeigh BardugoShadow and Bone
NwotsemahtPatrick HamiltonImpromptu in MoribundiaNwotsemaht is the capital of Moribundia. "Thamestown" backwards.
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Olinger, PennsylvaniaJohn UpdikeVarious stories
OparEdgar Rice BurroughsVarious Tarzan novelsOpar is a fictional lost city in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels.
Öreskoga, SwedenAnders Jacobsson and Sören OlssonBert
Os AltaLeigh BardugoShadow and Bone
Os KervoLeigh BardugoShadow and Bone
OsgiliathJ.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings
OthomaeLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Oxrun Station, ConnecticutCharles L. GrantThe Hour of the Oxrun Dead
Overcombe, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
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Pagford, EnglandJ. K. RowlingThe Casual VacancyThe fictional town Pagford is located in the West Country.
PaltryvilleLemony SnicketA Series of Unfortunate Events
ParadisoZoltán BernyákRequiem-seriesParadiso is a small island-town in the coasts of Europe.
Parkington, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
Par YsJohn BrunnerThe Traveller in Black
Peck Valley, New EnglandH. P. LovecraftIn the Vault
Personville, MontanaDashiell HammettRed Harvest
Peyton PlaceGrace MetaliousPeyton Place
Pico Mundo, CaliforniaDean KoontzOdd Thomas
Pine Cove, CaliforniaChristopher MoorePractical Demonkeeping
Pisky, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
PloverleighW.S. GilbertThe Sorcerer
PneumaRupert ThomsonDivided Kingdom
Poltowan, EnglandNicola K. SmithA Degree of Uncertainty
Pomac, ArizonaJenő RejtőTexas Bill, a fenegyerek
Port Blacksand, TitanIan LivingstoneCity of Thieves
Port Bredy, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Bridport, Dorset
Port JumboTimothy OgeneSeesawCorrelates to the real-life Port Harcourt in Nigeria
Port Sherman, OregonNeal StephensonSnow Crash
Po'sham, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Portsham, Dorset
Prescott, ArizonaJenő RejtőPokol a hegyek között
PrimordiumClive BarkerTortured Souls
PseudopolisTerry PratchettDiscworld
Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, EnglandHugh LoftingDoctor Dolittle
Punte SinistraÁdám BodorThe Sinistra ZonePunte Sinistra is a village in Eastern Europe.
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Quartershot, Upper WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Aldershot, Hampshire
QuirmTerry PratchettDiscworld
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Rainbow Falls, MontanaDean KoontzThe Dead Town
RakavaUrsula K. Le GuinMalafrena
Ravian, TexasJenő RejtőA néma revolerek városa
Ramsay, NevadaJenő RejtőA Nevada szelleme
Ramsdale, New HampshireVladimir NabokovLolita
RederringW.S. GilbertRuddigoreA fictional town in Cornwall, location of Ruddigore Castle
RiseholmeE.F. BensonVarious novels
RivendellJ.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings
River CityJack O'BrianA rettegés városa
River HeightsCarolyn KeeneThe Secret of the Old Clock
R'lyehH.P. LovecraftThe Call of Cthulhufictional lost city that first appeared in the H. P. Lovecraft short story The Call of Cthulhu, first published in Weird Tales in 1928. According to Lovecraft's short story, R'lyeh is a sunken city in the South Pacific and the prison of the malevolent entity called Cthulhu.The nightmare corpse-city of R'lyeh…was built in measureless eons behind history by the vast, loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars. There lay great Cthulhu and his hordes, hidden in green slimy vaults. — H. P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu (1928)
Rosewood, PennsylvaniaSara ShepardPretty Little LiarsA fictional suburb set on the Main Line region of Pennsylvania, where most of the series takes place
Rummidge, EnglandDavid LodgeChanging Places and others
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Sac PrairieAugust DerlethVarious works
St. Johns, EnglandKen FollettKingsbridge-seriesSt. Johns is a village in South West England.
St. Loo, EnglandAgatha ChristieSeveral worksSt. Loo is a resort town on the south English coast, commonly referred to as the English Riviera and is a setting for several Agatha Christie stories.
St. Mary Mead, EnglandAgatha ChristieMiss Marple seriesAn earlier mention of St. Mary Mead exists in the Poirot novel The Mystery of the Blue Train. However, that St. Mary Mead is said to be in Kent, while the St. Mary Mead mentioned in the Miss Marple stories, beginning with Murder at the Vicarage, is located in either the fictional county of Downshire, Radfordshire, or Middleshire, depending on the source used.
St. Petersburg, MissouriMark TwainThe Adventures of Tom SawyerSt. Petersburg is Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn's hometown in Missouri. It is a fictional town, but it is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Mark Twain lived.
Styles St. Mary, EssexAgatha ChristieThe Mysterious Affair at Styles
Sandbourne, Upper WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Bournemouth, Dorset
San Juan Romero, MexicoRita Maria Felix da SilvaSan Juan RomeroLocated somewhere in Mexico, this city that also gives the title the first short story in the series of stories starring "Sir James Winterwood". It is notorious for a terrible curse that plagues this small Mexican town.
San Narciso, CaliforniaThomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49
Santa Teresa, CaliforniaRoss MacdonaldThe Moving TargetA fictionalized version of Santa Barbara, California, created by Ross Macdonald in his mystery The Moving Target (1949).[5]
SelenePaul Féval, pèreLa Ville Vampire
Shadows FallSimon R. GreenShadows Fall
Shadyside, USAR.L. StineThe New Girl
Shalako, New MexicoLouis L'AmourShalako
Shaston, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Shaftesbury, Dorset
SheepridgeTerry PratchettDiscworld
Shelby, AlbertaW.O. MitchellThe Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmonShelby is a small town in Alberta, serving as the backdrop of the story.
Sherton Abbas, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Sherborne, Dorset
Shiring, EnglandKen FollettKingsbridge-seriesShiring is a town in South West England.
Shoyo, ArkansasStephen KingThe Stand
Sidewinder, ColoradoStephen KingThe Shining
Sleepyside, New YorkJulie Campbell TathamThe Secret of the Mansion
Slokey County, AlabamaT.O. CraneThe RavenA fictional county in Alabama, used to conceal true crime locations
Sloth's Pit, Wisconsin"ihp" & variousSCP FoundationSloth's Pit was originally called New Toronto, also known as Nexus-18. It is a rural town founded in Douglas County, Wisconsin as a logging settlement in 1887. It was renamed following the 1890 disappearance of founder and storyteller Jackson Sloth and his family, said to have fallen in a sinkhole that no-one can find twice. The town is rich with folktales and paranormal activity, especially around holidays.
Smallbridge, KentC.S. ForesterThe Commodore
Snow, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
Soda, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
Solentsea, Upper WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Southsea, Hampshire
Solla SollewDr. SeussI Had Trouble in Getting to Solla SollewSolla Sollew is a walled city in a faraway land, "somewhere beyond the horizon." It is highly-acclaimed, having been said that "troubles there are few" and that "maybe it's something like heaven."
SolymbriaLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Soulberg"PeppersGhost"SCP FoundationDesignated SCP-2200-3, this is a rural North American town inhabited by silver golems (SCP-2200-4) possessed by the souls of persons killed by an Iron Age sword and its wielders (SCP-2200-1 and SCP-2200-2 respectively). The souls of the inhabitants permanently leave their bodies if they go outside the 50 km² area of the town.
Spaceport Five OvercityAndy LaneOriginal SinSpaceport Five Overcity is a huge floating city over 30th century Britain (or "the Undercity").
SparksJeanne DuPrauThe People of Sparks
Sparta, MississippiJohn BallIn the Heat of the Night
Spoon RiverEdgar Lee MastersSpoon River Anthology
Starvation LakeBryan GruleyStarvation LakeStarvation Lake is a small town in the fictitious Pine County, Michigan. The town is based on real-life Bellaire, Michigan.[6] The lake the book is named after is in nearby Kalkaska County, and mentions its location in Northern Michigan.
Statler, PennsylvaniaStephen KingFrom a Buick 8
SteklovksMikhail BulgakovThe Fatal Eggs
Stepford, ConnecticutIra LevinThe Stepford Wives
Sticklehaven, DevonAgatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None
Sto LatSir Terry PratchettDiscworld
Stockpool, PennsylvaniaIstván ÖrkényMy good fellowStockpool is a fictional town in Pennsylvania and the main location of István Örkény's one minute story: My good fellow. Most of its population consists of Hungarians.
StonetownTrenton Lee StewartThe Mysterious Benedict SocietyStonetown is a coastal metropolis, serving as the setting for much of the series.
Stoneybrook, ConnecticutAnn M. MartinThe Baby-sitters Club
Studley ConstableJack HigginsThe Eagle Has Landed (novel)Studley Constable is a village in Norfolk where German soldiers attempt to kidnap Winston Churchill.
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TacticumTerry PratchettDiscworldTacticum is an abandoned fortress city in the Klatchian desert after General Tacticus. The city was left by the inhabitants when the wind changed and it no longer rained.
Tanasso, NevadaJenő RejtőA Nevada szelleme
TanelornMichael MoorcockThe Quest for Tanelorn
Tannochbrae, ScotlandA.J. CroninDr. Finlay of Tannochbrae
Tarbox, MassachusettsJohn UpdikeCouples
Tarker's Mill, MaineStephen KingCycle of the Werewolf
TarxiaLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Tar ValonRobert JordanNew Spring
TashbaanC.S. LewisThe Chronicles of NarniaTashbaan is the capital of Calormen, located on an island near the mouth of the River of Calormen. It is mentioned in several books, but appears only in The Horse and His Boy.
TediaLemony SnicketA Series of Unfortunate Events
Templeton, New YorkJames Fenimore CooperThe Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale
Tench, EnglandKen FollettKingsbridge-seriesTench is a village in South West England.
ThermopolisRupert ThomsonDivided Kingdom
The Capitol, PanemSuzanne CollinsThe Hunger GamesThe Capitol is a metropolis in North America.
Thi, Winkie CountryL. Frank BaumThe Lost Princess of Oz
ThneedvilleDr. SeussThe LoraxA walled city without trees. This was also seen in the 1972 TV special and 2012 computer-animated film adaptations.
ThraxGene WolfeThe Shadow of the Torturer
Three Portlands"Jacob Conwell" & variousSCP FoundationThis is officially the City of Three Portlands, also Free Port-01. It is an extradimensional city-state accessible via portals in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Maine, and the Isle of Portland. It is one of the largest paranormal enclaves on Earth, with a population of at least 80,000.
Tiger Tail, MississippiTennessee WilliamsTiger Tail
Tilbury Town, USAEdwin Arlington RobinsonVarious poems
Tilling, SussexE.F. BensonMiss Mapp
Tilling Green, LedshirePatricia WentworthPoison in the Pen
Tonebrough, Outer WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Taunton, Somerset
Tolwer City, United KingdomJenő RejtőEgy bolond száz bajt csinálFictional town in the United Kingdom
TrantorIsaac AsimovFoundation seriesCapital of the Galactic Empire, at its height the city of Trantor covers the entire surface of its planet.
Trantridge, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Pentridge, Dorset
Turnhill, StaffordshireArnold BennettAnna of the Five Towns
Two Mills, PennsylvaniaJerry SpinelliManiac Magee Magee runs around and lives in a couple parts of this racially divided town.
TylertonFrederik PohlThe Tunnel under the World
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UltharH.P. LovecraftThe Cats of Ulthar
UnthankAlasdair GrayA Life in Four Books
UtopiaThomas MoreUtopia (book) the 1516 bookThe book coined the term "Utopia", meaning an ideal city or civilization.
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Vermilion SandsJ. G. BallardVermilion Sands collectionIt is a beach resort with futuristic art.
Village of Cream PuffsCarl SandbergRootabaga Stories
Village of Fowl DevoteesLemony SnicketA Series of Unfortunate EventsThis community has many (and often ridiculous) rules, with a penalty of being burned at stake for breaking these rules, the most important of which is no harming crows.
Village of Liver-and-OnionsCarl SandbergRootabaga Stories
VindiumLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
ViriconiumM. John HarrisonThe Pastel City (1971)Viriconium is a city/state which exists in the far future. Also known as Vriko and Uriconium.
ViscousPaulo CoelhoThe Devil and Mrs. PrymViscous is a small mountain village.
Viscouns, ArizonaJenő RejtőPokol a hegyek között
Vlyvalle, New JerseyDirk WittenbornFierce PeopleVlyvalle is a wealthy town in fictional rural Huntington County, New Jersey.
Vondervotteimittiss, NetherlandsEdgar Allan PoeThe Devil in the BelfryHumorously pronounced
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Wace, USAVladimir NabokovLolita
Walkerville, USAJoanna ColeThe Magic School Bus at the Waterworks
Wall, EnglandNeil GaimanStardust
Warwich, ColoradoJenő RejtőTigrisvér
Watermouth, EnglandMalcolm BradburyThe History Man
Weatherbury, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Puddletown, Dorset
WeissnichtwoThomas CarlyleSartor ResartusTranslates from German into English as Know-not-where
Wellbridge, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Wool, Dorset
Well-Built CityJeffrey FordThe Physiognomy
Wells, South CarolinaJohn BallIn the Heat of the Night
Wentworth, OhioStephen KingThe Regulators
Weydon-Priors, Upper WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexCorrelates to the real-life Weyhill, Hampshire
Whistle Stop, AlabamaFannie FlaggFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
WhovilleDr. SeussHorton Hears a Who!
WickfieldJenő RejtőA Nevada szelleme
Willow, MaineStephen KingRainy Season
Wigleigh, EnglandKen FollettKingsbridge - series Wigleigh is a village in South West England.
Wilvercombe, EnglandDorothy L. SayersHave His Carcase A small resort on the South West coast of England, where the murder in the novel takes place
Winesburg, OhioSherwood AndersonWinesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life
Winston, ArizonaJenő RejtőPokol a hegyek között
Wintoncester, South WessexThomas HardyThomas Hardy's WessexWintoncester is the former capital of Wessex. It correlates to the real-life Winchester, Hampshire.
WinterfellGeorge R.R. MartinA Song of Ice and Fire
Woodleigh Common, EnglandAgatha ChristieHallowe'en PartyIn the novel Hallowe'en Party, Woodleigh Common is an English village.
Worford, WorfordshireTom SharpeBlott on the Landscape
Wrottesley, EnglandHoward JacobsonComing from Behind "somewhere in the debased and deteriorating Midlands"[7]
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XanaduSamuel Taylor ColeridgeKubla Khan: or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment
XylarLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
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YianRobert W. ChambersThe Maker of MoonsA fictional city created by Robert W. Chambers, and also referred to by H. P. Lovecraft. In the city, a great river flows under a thousand bridges, it is always summer and the sound of silver bells fills the air. In a portion of The Maker of Moons it is said to lie "across seven oceans and the river which is longer than from the Earth to the Moon."
YonwoodJeanne DuPrauThe Prophet of Yonwood
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ZairaItalo CalvinoLe città invisibili
Zenith, WinnemacSinclair LewisBabbitt
ZentesAndrás Cserna-SzabóZerkó - Attila törpéjeA fictional city in Pannonia, Hunnic Empire, based on Szentes
ZolonLyon Sprague de CampNovarian seriesA Novarian city-state
Unnamed
The CityLemony SnicketA Series of Unfortunate EventsThe City is a supposedly well-populated municipality where many key events have taken place. The City has more than 40,000 inhabitants.
town in the Po Valley, ItalyGiovannino GuareschiThe Little Town of Don Camillo seriesthe small town where the action takes place

Notes and References

  1. Book: Passmore . Kevin . From Liberalism to Fascism: The Right in a French Province, 1928-1939 . 1997 . Cambridge University Press . New York . 0-521-89426-3 . 104.
  2. Book: Mould . Michael . The Routledge Dictionary of cultural references in modern French . 2011 . Routledge . Abingdon . 978-0-415-59792-0 . 11.
  3. Web site: Back to the Real London or Mapping the City of the Past in Gaiman's Neverwhere, Fafnir - Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, Volume 4, Issue 1, pages 20–30 . 2017 . journal.finfar.org . The Finnish Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy Research . 28 July 2022 .
  4. Book: Crick, Bernard . Bernard Crick . 1980 . George Orwell: A Life .
  5. Book: Priestman, Martin . The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction . Cambridge University Press . 2003. 9780521008716 .
  6. Giest, Mary Ellen (October 24, 2011). "Bryan Gruley's Northern Michigan:  Gruley sets his dark novels in a fictional Northern Michigan town called Starvation Lake". Traverse City, Michigan: MyNorth Media (mynorth.com). Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  7. Book: Bradbury . Malcolm . Malcolm Bradbury . Bevan . David . University Fiction . 1990 . Rodopi . 978-90-5183-234-1 . 54–55 . https://books.google.com/books?id=AqgTPo_L9OwC&q=Wrottesley+Polytechnic&pg=PA53 . 7 August 2020 . en . Campus Fictions.

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