Library Of Lost Books / Discussion

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The Greatest Stories Never Told

quarkstomper 12 Jun 2009 03:28

I think this page should be fun. I plan on adding more to it, and invite others to add to it as well. What's your favorite non-existent book?

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jhubert 12 Jun 2009 03:43

Hmmm… The Necronomicon, perhaps?

Anyway, I've added this as a location to the Random Nations Generator by adding the rng_location tag.

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quarkstomper 14 Jun 2009 19:25

I added a bunch of Untold Cases of Sherlock Holmes; which was the reason I started this page in the first place. *grin!*

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A Question for the High Council of Arcanists

quarkstomper 28 Mar 2010 02:09

I'm not entirely happy with the way I have this page organized. Right now it's organized according to the real author, whether the work actually existed or not. But it might make more sense to list the purported author as well. So instead of having:

• Arthur Conan Doyle:
  • The Giant Rat of Sumatra — unpublished case of Sherlock Holmes
  • Dynamics of an Asteroid by Professor James Moriarity
  • Notes on Bee-keeping by Sherlock Holmes

We would have:

• Arthur Conan Doyle:
  • The Giant Rat of Sumatra
• James Moriarity:
  • Dynamics of an Asteroid
• Sherlock Holmes
  • Notes on Bee-keeping

Or should we list such fictional titles twice: once under the purported author and once under the author of the source which mentions them?

What do you think would work best?

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jhubert 28 Mar 2010 06:21

I'd say the latter. List the "immediate authors", even if said authors are fictional people.

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quarkstomper 28 Mar 2010 12:35

Hm. I'm inclined to agree. It will be a pain, though. Ah well, I'll get to it eventually…

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