The Librarian - Book List, High Lights, Favourite Fruit

[DaveC]

Death is in Making Money and Monsterous Regiment, he is also in UA but only as a very short cameo. The only book where he does not appear is Wee Free Men.

Can you tell me where (and to whom) he appears in these books? I can't for the life of me find the scene in MM, I don't have MR (and don't remember any significant character dying). I also don't think he appears at all in ISWM; he's referred to, but not there. I think. Do correct me if I'm wrong.

J-I-B

Haven't read MM and ISWM yet but I am sure the scene with Death in MR is a daydream that Polly has or something...

 

[deldaisy]

AHEM..... aren't we supposed to be talking about the LIBRARIAN and when he appears inthe books??????
You lot are SO damend easily distrac.... ohhh look shiney things....

 

[Willem]

MR is indeed a hallucination:
Polly shivered, and was aware that someone was walking beside her. She looked
up and groaned.
‘You’re a hallucination, right?’
OH, YES. YOU ARE ALL IN A STATE OF HEIGHTENED SENSIBILITY
CAUSED BY MENTAL CONTAGION AND LACK OF SLEEP.
‘If you’re a hallucination, how do you know that?’
I KNOW IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT. I AM SIMPLY BETTER AT
ARTICULATING IT.
‘I’m not going to die, am I? I mean, right now?’
No. BUT YOU WERE TOLD THAT YOU WOULD WALK WITH DEATH
EVERY DAY.
‘Oh . . . yes. Corporal Scallot said that.’
HE IS AN OLD FRIEND.YOU MIGHT SAY HE IS ON THE INSTALMENT
PLAN.
‘Do you mind walking a bit more . . . invisibly?’
OF COURSE. HOW’S THIS?
‘And quietly, too?’

Now, for Making Money, I'll.... ooooh, puppies!

 

[Tonyblack]

I always loved The Librarian's brief appearence in Small Gods. If only we'd had L-Space when the Library at Alexandria was burned.

 

[DaveC]

I always loved The Librarian's brief appearence in Small Gods. If only we'd had L-Space when the Library at Alexandria was burned.

Made me smile so much, because I wasn't expecting any familiar characters in that one, apart from a version of Dibbler (another character who has dwindled with time too. : ) I could almost here the Mission: Impossible music playing as Librarian saves the books.

 

[Sjoerd3000]

I thought that in MM Death came for Topsy Lavish. In ISWM he comes for the old Baron

 

[Tonyblack]

I thought that in MM Death came for Topsy Lavish. In ISWM he comes for the old Baron

He does indeed.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I thought that in MM Death came for Topsy Lavish. In ISWM he comes for the old Baron

Good job I've just read ISWM, or I could be shouting "spoiler" right about now!

 

[Sjoerd3000]

sorry about that, but it's in the beginning of the book So not too much of a spoiler, I hope

 

[raisindot]

I stand corrected.

Spent an hour looking for CAPITALIZED TEXT in MM. Couldn't find it. Gotta go back and recheck.

 

[Tonyblack]

I stand corrected.

Spent an hour looking for CAPITALIZED TEXT in MM. Couldn't find it. Gotta go back and recheck.

It's not too far into the book.

 

[poohcarrot]

So J-I*b was wr.....wr.....wr..............wro......wro...........wron.......wrong!

Way to go Fonzie!

 

[Sjoerd3000]

it's on page 99 of the corgi paperback

 

[Offlerette!!!]

@Tony & Mad:

Thanks for hinting at Mended Drum beer - and completely forgot about the Menagerie episodes) Illuminating quotation; will look bl****ng article square in its ugly face now.

 

[Offlerette!!!]

dear deldaisy in Oz:

ta for your comment! Yep, The Librarian would still be my focus here, but hey: why not write about DEATH? No one will notice, maybe just the editor...

Also luff your snake pin-pun: Will have to seriously think about own signature now.