from lemonyellow, the invisible library, books that only appear in other books.
That's pretty interesting. I was trying to guess who would have the most. My guesses were Tolkien (although I wasn't sure they'd have him listed) and Borges. Turns out they are each listed with 17 "invisible books." I'm sure this is low for Tolkien (there's probably more than 17 in the Silmarilion (sp?) alone - but who's read that thing?) What an impossible compilation task.
Yeah, I looked at Tolkien, and there must be more, although some are poems, or lays, and such, so it's hard to know where to draw the line. No Pynchon, though I'm pretty sure he should have some, but for the titles you would really want to read, check out Rabelais.
Vonnegut's psuedo author, Kilgore Trout, was first to my mind, Venus on a Halfshell. I once saw an actual copy of a Trout authored ...Halfshell. I don't know if it was an authorized ripoff.
It's an interesting site, but take it with a grain of salt. While checking "pseudo-authors" to see if Abdul Alhazred, mad scribe of the Necronomicon, was listed (he is), I found Raymond Aron, a very real author of books on political theory, who lived and worked in France. Of course, some people might also take issue with listing Alhazred as a pseudo-author. Cthulhu ftaghn!
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- linda 3-16-2001 2:46 pm
That's pretty interesting. I was trying to guess who would have the most. My guesses were Tolkien (although I wasn't sure they'd have him listed) and Borges. Turns out they are each listed with 17 "invisible books." I'm sure this is low for Tolkien (there's probably more than 17 in the Silmarilion (sp?) alone - but who's read that thing?) What an impossible compilation task.
- jim 3-16-2001 4:10 pm [add a comment]
Yeah, I looked at Tolkien, and there must be more, although some are poems, or lays, and such, so it's hard to know where to draw the line. No Pynchon, though I'm pretty sure he should have some, but for the titles you would really want to read, check out Rabelais.
- alex 3-16-2001 7:56 pm [add a comment]
Vonnegut's psuedo author, Kilgore Trout, was first to my mind, Venus on a Halfshell. I once saw an actual copy of a Trout authored ...Halfshell. I don't know if it was an authorized ripoff.
- jimlouis 3-16-2001 7:48 pm [add a comment]
It's an interesting site, but take it with a grain of salt. While checking "pseudo-authors" to see if Abdul Alhazred, mad scribe of the Necronomicon, was listed (he is), I found Raymond Aron, a very real author of books on political theory, who lived and worked in France. Of course, some people might also take issue with listing Alhazred as a pseudo-author. Cthulhu ftaghn!
- Tom Moody 3-17-2001 12:04 am [add a comment]