Saint James Infirmary 545: The Collection

[Daphne]

[jmundt29]

Doc Compton and Ms. Randall, two gorgeous, adventurous, and new (to us) authority figures.  Potential for more fun?

[Haight]

So this is a bunch of books that don't exist... I'm seeing Encyclopedia Galactica from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, at least three books from the Mythos (I wonder if the Arabic-titled book that's bound in skin is the Necronomicon...), Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie from Calvin and Hobbes, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism from 1984... was hoping to see Kristus och Judas.

This is almost Mooreian in its scope... I presume it's just a series of nods, but the idea that SJI is in-universe with any of this, or that these books are somehow artifacts from other fictional worlds, is amusing...

[macavity]

I'm seeing Encyclopedia Galactica from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Interstingly, since the Encycopedie Galactica claims to be from Terminus Press I woud have thought it more likely to be the one from Asimov's Foundation series; if so it presumably falls into the doesn't exisit yet category!

[laguna85]

the collection have the book from Hidden Knowledge and By the book
some old as 15th century.
Oldies bookbinding is know year of 700

typing to fast (Unaussprechlichen Kulten) you have (unausspreechlichen) one more e

love look up the book titles you have here

[kmorea]

I'm seeing Encyclopedia Galactica from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Interstingly, since the Encycopedie Galactica claims to be from Terminus Press I woud have thought it more likely to be the one from Asimov's Foundation series; if so it presumably falls into the doesn't exisit yet category!

I agree, 'Terminus Press' kicks it from Hitchhiker's to Foundation.

Can I borrow the unabridged Princess Bride? I'd love to see what William Goldman cut out of the original S. Morgenstern classic. :-)

[rdaneel]

I'm seeing Encyclopedia Galactica from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Interstingly, since the Encycopedie Galactica claims to be from Terminus Press I woud have thought it more likely to be the one from Asimov's Foundation series; if so it presumably falls into the doesn't exisit yet category!

I agree, 'Terminus Press' kicks it from Hitchhiker's to Foundation.

My reflex thought was 'Foundation' even before reading the publisher. But maybe they have both? We have only seen a single shelf of this special library after all (and I'm intrigued by their cataloguing system, for them to have all of these titles in the same corner). Personally, I would love to read it since the story of what happened between the last Foundation book and the publication of the Encyclopedia will always be a mystery.

I also remembered the animated 'Flight of Dragons' and how the good wizard in the story had his library of 'not yet written' books.  

[Haight]

It also kind of makes you wonder... if they have books from other fictional universes, are they *aware* they're in a fictional universe? And the nature of it? "The purpose and order of the universe is mind control erotica" would be a stunning revelation 

[grey_shadow]

What I want to know is how they got those books to be so thin. S Morgenstern's classic work of literature is significantly fatter when bound conventionally, and the Encyclopedia Galactica should take up several rooms (it's like a more systematic Wikipedia where the subject matter is the knowledge and history of an entire galaxy-spanning civilisation...).

[Dr. White]

What I want to know is how they got those books to be so thin.

Gallifreyan printing techniques. They're all bigger on the inside.

[laguna85]

the restricted book room, squeeze the book down to fit on the book shelf

[bac_vi]

You guys missed "The Grasshopper Lies heavy"!  For those of you who saw "The Man in the High Castle" on Amazon,  the series was based on a book.  In the original book,   it was other books being passed around, rather than films  as you see in the series.   The Grasshopper Lies Heavy was one of those books.     

[macavity]

Gallifreyan printing techniques. They're all bigger on the inside.
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So perhaps the security measures aren't to keep the books in but rather to keep the Timelords out so they don't find out what's going on and sue for centuries (millennia?) of unpaid royalties?

Personally, I was hoping for a shelf of more contemporary books: An Idiot's Guide to the Design of Mind Controlling Electronics, that sort of thing.

[OctaviaMoon]

I don't know what you are all talking about - we used our own bookshelf as a reference for the image

[laguna85]

I don't know what you are all talking about - we used our own bookshelf as a reference for the image

some people think the book are too thin
need fatter pages