http://www.metafilter.com/tags/nonexistent Posts tagged with 'nonexistent' at MetaFilter. Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:38:21 -0800 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:38:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/50100/Books%2Dthat%2Dnever%2Dwere Famous books that never existed: <a href="http://www.hplovecraft.com/creation/necron/">The Necronomicon</a>, <a href="http://www.libyrinth.com/borges/borges_hexagon.html">A First Encyclopaedia of Tl&#0246;n and others by Borges</a>, <a href="http://www.vonnegutweb.com/vonnegutia/trout/index.html">The Planet Gobblers</a>, <a href="http://www.veinotte.com/koontz/sorrows.htm#top">The Book of Counted Sorrows</a>, S. Morgenstern's <a href="http://pitofdespair.20m.com/missing.html">A Princess Bride</a> (unabridged), the <a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/fortsas.html">library of the Comte de Fortsas</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_rat_of_Sumatra">The Case of the Giant Rat of Sumatra</a>; among others in a tradition dating back <a href="http://www.invisiblelibrary.com/ThomasBrowne2.htm">many centuries</a>. For a fairly complete list of books that don't exist, check out the <a href="http://www.invisiblelibrary.com/index.html">Invisible Library</a>, which also features essays on the subject. <small>[<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/19453">prev.</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50100 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:38:21 -0800 books brokenlink nonexistent blahblahblah http://www.metafilter.com/19453/ <a href="http://www.invisiblelibrary.com">The Invisible Library</a> is a catalog of books that appear only within other books: in other words, a collection of imaginary books. With such names as "Growing Flowers by Candlelight in Hotel Rooms", "How Beautiful are Thy Feet" and "The Bitch Pack Meets on Wednesday", though, some of these books are just begging to be written. (more...) tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.19453 Sun, 25 Aug 2002 05:52:05 -0800 books database fun imaginary imaginarybooks invisible library nonexistent non-existent taz