What are some good inspirations for Library material?
The Foundation has its roots in a combination of creepypasta and dry academic tone. What are some good places to look for inspiration for things for the Library? I personally think medieval...
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For the first, that's definitely a good place to consider. Also look into the weird fiction of the fifties and sixties. Some of that could definitely make good Library-fuel. Some of Dunsany's work...
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Some of Dunsany's work might get the juices flowing as well Much of which is available on Project Gutenberg, as I found out today!
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There's a cryptozoological guide that I utilized for Skinwalkers and Voyage to the Deep. Mysterious Creatures or something. In any event, wonderful for writing about the little-known cryptids....
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That looks like pretty rad stuff.
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After a discussion in #site19 of all things, Moose asked to me to raise the matter of the end-of-the-world, as represent by Minecraft's Far Lands. I'll agree with others that it certainly makes good...
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Moondog seems like a very good fit for the tone of the Library, at least to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27B_6DXC7Ek
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Also, if you haven't done so already, check out Gunnerkrigg Court. Just do it. It fits the tone of this site to a tee and has some of the best writing and art I've ever seen in a webcomic. The...
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One author comes to my mind as the epitome of the numinous tone the Library is cultivating: Jorge Luis Borges. He was a master of the short story and of magical realism. My (half-serious) headcanon is...
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This is a good book. It is about djinn, hacking, the nature of God, and the Arab Spring, all of which are highly relevant to this site.
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I recommend "The Meek", "Stupid Snake", "Dreamlife", "Alpha Flag", and anything on the Riceboy website in terms of webcomics. The "Selected Shorts" podcast features short stories that fit the general...
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Reading Rum's update of The Cafe reminded me of Invisible Cities. The straightforward but lyrical descriptions of the cities fits this site to a tee.
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Most of Chris Van Allsburg's stuff is good, but The Mysteries of Harris Burdick is especially juicy.
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I actually recently picked up a copy of that book at a yard sale, I recommend it highly.
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Planescape, without a shadow of doubt. The PC game set in the same cosmology is good too (NSFW art). The Castlevania video game series in general combines characters and creatures from several...
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It of devolves into incomprehensibility, at least to my plebby mind, but Deathless is very good. The story of, among other things, Koschei the Deathless during the Stalinist era, it reads like a...
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Hey, wow, crazy 19th century and earlier literature, history, geology, astronomy, etc. etc. etc. examined in a scholarly fashion? And it's all free, you say? This place is seriously, seriously great.
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This has been a thing for a while, but the British Library has been putting public domain illustrations up on their Flickr page, for anyone to use. There is some incredibly neat/strange stuff!
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Also, how could I forget Don Herztfeld's Oscar-nominated short film The World Of Tomorrow. It's a sixteen-minute meditation on life, love, death, and art edited around the ramblings of Hertzfeld's...
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The Met has over sixteen thousand works of Japanese art online, in addition to a collection of over three hundred thousand photos and scans. All of it is public domain (CC0, specifically) for you to...
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The Vorrh is a pretty bizarre book full of weird imagery that pretty much perfectly captures the sense of oddity a lot of Library stories are going for. Brandon Graham's comics and illustration are...
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