Original Copy of 'I, Libertine'

Original Copy of "I, Libertine"


Origin	Jean Shepherd
Type	Book
Effects	When read, reader speaks in riddles
Activation	Read
Section	Bickerstaff-561RA
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Origin[]

I, Libertine started out as a literary hoax novel by late-night radio raconteur Jean Shepherd. Shepherd was annoyed at the way the bestseller lists were being compiled in the mid 1950s. These lists came from sales figures and not from how important of an impact that the books had. Fabricating the author, Frederick R Ewing, he urged his listeners to go into book stores and demand for the book making it so widely demanded that even without being created yet it landed on the New York Times Best Seller List. Eventually Shepherd met up with a real writer, Theodore Sturgeon, and a publisher (Ian Ballatine) who agreed to come up with the actual book to sell with all proceedings going to charity.

Effects[]

When read the reader only speaks in riddles until the book is neutralized.

Scam and Con Artifacts
The Hoax Foyer
Alexander of Abonoteichus' Grimorie • Barry Larkin's Olympic Torch • Calaveras Skull • Cassie Chadwick's Pearl Necklace • Christopher Müller’s Gold Tooth • Craig Jackson's Watch • Doug Bower & Dave Chorley's Wood Planks • Elsie Wright’s Camera • Ferdinand Waldo Demara’s Medical Textbook • Fiji Mermaid • General Store from Agloe, New York • George C. Parker's Deed to the Brooklyn Bridge • HMS Dreadnought Hoax Costumes • ID Sniper Rifle • Jacques Aymar-Vernay’s Dowsing Rod • Lambert Simnel's Leggings • Left Handed Whopper Wrapper • Mary Bateman’s Eggs • ''Masked Marauders'' Vinyl Record • Melvin Dummar's Will • Original Copy of 'I, Libertine' • Orson Welles' Microphone • Ted Serios' Polaroid Camera • Uri Geller's Spoon • Wilhelm Voigt’s Army Uniform • William Robinson's Chest
Other
Brian G. Hughes Umbrella • C. L. Blood's Bellows • Charles Ponzi's Money Clip • Charles Wells’ Roulette Wheel • Dan Enright's Address Book • Elyesa Bazna's Counterfeit Banknotes • Emerich Juettner’s Counterfeit Dollar Bill • Frank Abagnale Jr.'s Checkbook • Henry Meigg's Warrant Book • Herb Stempel's Headset • Jefferson Randolph Smith's Soap Bar • Mary Butterworth's Iron • Matthew Hopkins' Witch-Pricking Pin • M.E. Clifton James's Fake Military Uniform • P.T. Barnum's Top Hat & Walking Stick • Richard Feynman's Safecracking Numerical Pad • Sophie Lyons' Gloves • Steven Jay Russell's Highlighters • William Chaloner's Groat • William Chaloner's Lottery Ticket