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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Menendez_(Creole)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Pensacola
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I was going through a clickbait site regarding places that are basically inaccessible, and began to wiki each one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_Rouge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Menwith_Hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulce_Base
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Wea ... ons_Center
^--http://the100.wikia.com/wiki/Mount_Weather
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezhgorye ... hkortostan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negev_Nuc ... rch_Center

(b/c I couldn't find a wiki article): http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg ... story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum ... in_Emperor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Mountain_(Utah)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_th ... t#Ethiopia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ise_Grand_Shrine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Data_Centers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England#The_vault
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_39
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Secret_Archives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... Depository

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_da_Queimada_Grande

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_33
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%27s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanomami
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sentinel_Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtsey


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_mine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diavik_Diamond_Mine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_ ... Seed_Vault


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poveglia

Overall, it's sort of interesting how there's certain themes. Military installations, financial/information vaults, cultural heritage sites, areas contaminated by human action, but also areas made inaccessible due to wanting to preserve their remoteness and/or they're too dangerous to visit.

Which makes me think of how in After Sundown, the only two places you care about are "urban centres" or "untamed wilderness"; with rural and suburban areas being grey zones you have to travel through to reach where you really want to be.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undine

I think I'll have to look at Gene Wolfe's books; lots of science-fantasy stuff there that looks interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wolfe_bibliography
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Gene Wolfe is great - The Book Of The New Sun, in particular, is a standout that I strongly recommend.
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GreatGreyShrike wrote:Gene Wolfe is great - The Book Of The New Sun, in particular, is a standout that I strongly recommend.
I'd second the Wolfe recommendations. His short fiction is also really good -- particularly The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories. (the repetition is not a typo)
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I came across a mention of their "Fifth Head of Cerberus" novel, and began looking through their collected works. There's a very interesting similarity to Jack Vance's 'Dying Earth' setting (science fantasy; such as space/time travel); with elements that are reminiscent of Frank Herbert's 'Dune' (a far future where tech has collapsed in some ways, but progressed in others; and the nature of language/culture'd continued change isn't ignored).

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http://www.open.edu/openlearn/nature-en ... /tree-life

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_Kings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraceratherium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasmotherium
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Great book, that one.
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