2011 Apr 14 8:55 PM

L is for Library

There are so many great L things that I could almost do a whole month of them: Laboratory, Labyrinth, Lamp-Post, Lantern of the Dead, Laundry, Lavatoire, Letterbox, Lich Gate, Lighthouse, Loculus, Lookout, and Lunatic Asylum.

I’ve tried to pick lesser-known architectural features in previous entries, but today it’s Library. I’ll take this opportunity to compose a table I’ve been meaning to write for a long time: random generation of library books for inquisitive PC’s.

Optional supertitle:

1. History of
2. Natural History of
3. Encounters with
4. Mother’s
5. Some Observations on
6. Encyclopedia of
7. Dictionary of
8. Illustrated
9. The Truth About
10. First-Hand Accounts of
11. The King’s
12. The New
13. Jokes for
14. Almanac of
15. Back to Basics
16. A Lady’s
17. A Gentleman’s
18. Diary of
19. The Big Book of
20. The Art of

Part the earlier:

1. Northern
2. Southern
3. Eastern
4. Western
5. Misleading
6. Revised
7. Condensed
8. Elritch
9. Night
10. Collegiate
11. Rapid
12. Surefire
13. Zero Tolerance
14. Preventing
15. Foundational
16. Childhood
17. Equestrian
18. Naval
19. Incomplete
20. Culinary

Part the latter:

1. Wars
2. Birds
3. Stars
4. Apprentices
5. Navigation
6. Bottling
7. Brewing
8. Grammar
9. Sewing
10. Worthies
11. Rules
12. Anecdotes
13. Test Preparation
14. Success
15. Etiquette
16. Mating
17. Travels
18. Cities
19. Flowers
20. Faith

Optional subtitle:

1. Explained
2. (A Life)
3. For Beginners
4. Yearbook
5. In Conversation
6. In Style
7. For Little Ones
8. In Brief
9. And Other Adventures
10. A Structural Analysis
11. And Other Secrets
12. Avoid The Pitfalls
13. Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
14. Bilingual Edition
15. On Parade!
16. In 24 Hours
17. Making It Pay
18. A Journey of the Spirit
19. A Space Odyssey
20. Like A Pro

Find more lists in my forthcoming book Jokes for Northern Wars.

(This is for the A-Z Blogger Challenge.)

4 comments:

richard, April 14, 2011 at 9:08 PM

I like it. Although for purposes I’d probably want titles along the lines of (adventure seed phrase), being a true and accurate (noun) of the (setting details) and their (house rules) among the (improbable rumor) of (legendary province).

And a bunch of books just called Liber Albans or Elliptonica.

richard, April 14, 2011 at 9:09 PM

…for my own purposes, that should be.

Telecanter, April 15, 2011 at 3:00 AM

Cool. Thanks.

C’nor (Outermost_Toe), April 15, 2011 at 6:49 AM

History of Eldritch Library Wars Explained For Little Ones. (Nope, not random, just me being silly. Although it is a result you could get if you rolled twice on the Optional Subtitle table.)

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