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Ooh, neat! It would be really interesting to see what kinds of books the Anchor would produce for other characters.
Also, “Reckon ye’d put world domination under Geography” is a truly excellent throwaway line.
As a geographer I shall neither confirm nor deny whether that goes there or not.
As a librarian, I’d probably put it somewhere under either Political Science (320-329) or Biography (920-929) if we’re using the Dewey Decimal System, depending on whether said world domination is still hypothetical or not.
I was personally thinking that would be a fun bonus comic or even word list. What the book titles would be for all of the characters.
If there’s an after-chapter Q&A, “Fourth Anchor, what are the books you’d create for each of the other characters?” needs to be part of it.
Henry, you cad.
(Also lol at “I Should Stop Getting Shot”)
That’s pretty much guaranteed to make Eliza determined to read them.
They say bibles are bulletproof, that that book seems more trustworthy
That wasn’t the shelf I wanted a close-up of
Agreed, though all of those others seem interesting too. I do wonder why some are so thick. How much can he write about how he should stop getting shot? I am surprised that the Izzy and me is only one book.
Ah, but it’s right next to two books dedicated to Izzy’s favourite flowers and poetry.
Also i don’t think Henry actually wrote these books himself. It seems this anchor incorporates the memories and life experiences of anyone who’s in it long enough and manifests them as books.
I couldn't tell if that was an “ry" or “zy" by the favorite poems.
Looks like an R to me! I want to know Henry’s favorite poems! And more escapades. And I agree he should stop getting shot.
Only one book on that shelf.
The “I Should Stop Getting Shot” book is actually a memoir detailing all the different times he got shot and what lead up to each time, so he knows how to avoid it happening again in the future! …There’s a lot to cover, though, and it doesn’t seem to have been very effective so far.
…and they are all picture books!
(And I also lol’d at "I should stop getting shot")
Oh heck yes, let’s have a look at that shelf up there!
I was interested in the shelf above—it’s all about Frederick and Elaine!
I had to hold back a cackle at work when I got to “I should stop getting shot”
“Can everyone stop getting shot, already?”
Can’t remember the source of that. Old Guy Ritchie movie?
Lock stock, wasn’t it?
Thank you to everyone else in this comment section who is more eagle eyed than I. I did not see the “I should stop getting shot” title, and I would have missed the chance at a good laugh if not for y’all
There’s also “Beard Care” and “The Nobility (& How to Avoid It)”
“I should stop getting shot” I want that book on my shelf, but also, I don’t want it on my shelf xD
“You must be THIS tall to see these books.”
Hmm, I wonder if Eliza deliberately focused her curiosity on how and why this anchor operates as it does, then she might produce just such a book.
I like that there’s a Frederick series.
I get the feeling Eliza still hasn’t quite twigged her companion is “the” Henry Barber. You’d think, given her interests, Eliza would have been a total Henry & Izzy fangirl growing up.
She probably was, but now she’s at the young adult ‘too cool and grown-up for childish adventure stories’ phase. Henry will have to wait until she’s old enough to appreciate them again.
A construct that creates artworks automatically? Wonder who owns the copyright of those books? More important, what about the infringement of the copyright of all the creators of the artworks it scanned to create the books? Not to mention it’s going to ruin the livelihood of legitimate authors.