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The infinitely large [[Interdimensional Library]], sometimes known as simply “[[the Library]]”, allegedly contained every book ever written and was staffed with “[[Librarian]]s” who were fictional characters given life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | The infinitely large [[Interdimensional Library]], sometimes known as simply “[[the Library]]”, allegedly contained every book ever written and was staffed with “[[Librarian]]s” who were fictional characters given life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Libraries (and other such places where large amounts of books are kept) being a source of dimensional instability was a concept introduced by Terry Pratchett to his ''Discworld'' series under the name of [https://wiki.lspace.org/L-space L-Space]. Pratchett's writings specified that L-Space could theoretically be used to cross over from one universe to the next by getting lost in one bigger-on-the-inside library and exiting in another. | Libraries (and other such places where large amounts of books are kept) being a source of dimensional instability was a concept introduced by Terry Pratchett to his ''[[Discworld (series)|Discworld]]'' series under the name of [https://wiki.lspace.org/L-space L-Space]. Pratchett's writings specified that L-Space could theoretically be used to cross over from one universe to the next by getting lost in one bigger-on-the-inside library and exiting in another. | ||
Also according to Pratchett, the dimensionally-aberrant effects of libraries could be explained through transitive logic, starting from the fact that a book is a sum of knowledge and from the phrase “Knowledge is power”: BOOKS = KNOWLEDGE = POWER = ENERGY = MATTER. | Also according to Pratchett, the dimensionally-aberrant effects of libraries could be explained through transitive logic, starting from the fact that a book is a sum of knowledge and from the phrase “Knowledge is power”: BOOKS = KNOWLEDGE = POWER = ENERGY = MATTER. | ||
[[Category:Dimensional Theory]] | [[Category:Dimensional Theory]] | ||
