Talk:The Library Section/@comment-5782071-20161202182030

Proposal: We have the Library use an artifact (possibly the bookcase(s) of) Thomas Phillipps, an extreme bibliomaniac (thank you Atlas Obscura for introducing me to the term) who obtained roughly 40,000 printed books and 60,000 manuscripts, putting his family in debt in the process. My idea is that the bookcases, having become imbued with his obsession for books and his desire to obtain every book in the world (literally), the cases are capable of creating a 1st edition copy (or several kinds of copies, since bibliomaniacs are said to have been particularly focused on 8 kinds of books) of every book once it is published, therefore able to get a copy of a book even if it is banned or destroyed en masse. Considering his collection was so large that it took 100 years to sell his collection, I'd wager that he had many, many bookcases. Perhaps they even duplicate themselves to hold more books once they become full?

On a semi-related note, we're going to likely have to change or outright remove the gallery for this section. We got those pictures years ago and thanks to the Noir Manuscript episode we now have an official view of the Library section.