While browsing in, of all places, a science fiction bookstore, I stumbled across a new book by Mark Ovenden that looked quite interesting in the brief time I had to look at it: Paris Underground: The Maps, Stations, and Design of the Metro. Mark is, you will remember, the author of Transit Maps of the World, which I reviewed here in March 2008. Unlike most transit systems, the Paris Metro is something I’m quite familiar with, so I’m going to have to look into this.

Previously: Harry Beck’s Map of the Paris Metro; Review: Transit Maps of the World; Transit Maps of the World (Again); Transit Maps of the World.

• Buy Paris Underground at Amazon.com
• Buy Transit Maps of the World at Amazon.com