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Useful Books
Empty Book
Created from 50 Sheets of Paper and 1 Piece of Leather by a smith, for 50AP.
Can be enchanted by Wizards for 30AP and 6 Mana.
Can be made into a Recipe Book for 50AP, by Smiths.
Guide to Time and Space
Buy for 1000 Gold at the Hobbit. Essential for the Quest of Time and Space (or you could just look everything up here).
Norse/English Dictionary
You can get it at the King's Library for 25000. After reading this book, you can start to make runes. You can also get it at Caroline's Books in Bentnob for 15,000 gold. She'll buy it for 2000.
- Now tweaked to be readable, like other books. Darksatanic 21:22, 19 March 2006 (GMT)
Recipe Book
Made from an empty book by smiths (?). It lists all the things you know how to make and their needed ingredients. Some things don't appear in the book until you make them the first time (such as pizza) while others are there all along (such as dundee cake).
Is it "sticky"?--Solune 11:01, 1 February 2007 (GMT)
Sketch Book
Gained as a reward from making the Blue Prince a full new suit of Leather Armour. Gives the ability of crafting Custom Weapons.
Spellbook
Questionably Useful Books
Copy of The Citizen
Distinctly not Citizen of the Galaxy. The Citizen is an underground newspaper whose secrets are so dangerous only the front page is printed.
Only two editions ever made it to print back in the Year of the Parrot. You can read back issues at the archives.
Copy of Battlefield Earth
240 AP to read, 120 at the library, 80 at the library with reading glasses
Arghhhh! the pain!
Has made everything go dark. After maybe 30 ap or so, I can see again.
You feel less upset about how bad that books was.
Magic Scroll
Actually just a declaration by the King, regarding the first "Annual" Royal Festival. Creates an embedded YouTube video. The vid can be viewed here: [1]
Martial Arts
Also have a look at Martial Arts. It contains an excellent chart comparing the different martial arts available in Cities. You can buy all 4 books from Fire Stone Books in Bentnob for 5000 gold each, and she'll buy them back for 1000.
The Way of the Finger
Probably an introductory level martial (or marital) arts book. Teaches you Poke of Death for 24AP. 1 damage, 3 attacks. Non-elemental attack.
- I changed it from 5 dmg, 3 attacks. I get 4 dmg 3x90%, which I assume means 1 damage only without any damage multiplier. LittleHamster 15:56, 10 Jan 2006 (GMT)
Buy for 15000 Gold from the King's Library. Sell for 5000 Gold to the King's Library.
The art of the Flaming Punch
Buy for 10000 Gold from the King's Library. Sell for 5000 Gold to the King's Library.
Teaches you Fire Punch. 2 damage. -10% to hit. Count as fire elemental.
The art of the Stone Fist
Buy for 10000 Gold from the King's Library. Sell for 5000 Gold to the King's Library.
Teaches you stone fist for 50AP. 2dmg, -10% to-hit. Earth elemental.
- I'm earth aligned, and this book costs 13000gp from the king. Books that are aligned with you are more expensive? --Gabor Kiss 11:52, 20 February 2007 (GMT)
The art of the Wet Slap
Buy for 10000 Gold from the King's Library. Sell for 5000 Gold to the King's Library.
Teaches you wet slap for 50AP. 2dmg, -10% to-hit. Water elemental.
The art of the Nasty Blows
Buy for 10000 Gold from the King's Library. Sell for 5000 Gold to the King's Library.
Teaches you Nasty Blow. 2 damage. -10% to hit. Air elemental.
The Robert Heinlein Collection
- All of these books cost 24 AP to read (except this one). After you read a book, it records it on your Me page. You can read a book again for 12AP.
- Additionally, if you are in the Memorial Library at 8E 6N, it halves the AP cost.
- Additionally additionally, if you wear Reading Glasses, it reduces the AP cost by one-third.
- Additionally additionally additionally, these effects stack, for a total of 1/3 the normal cost if you read in the Memorial Library with the Reading Glasses.
- These books are only dropped from monsters and cannot be purchased from shops.
- The Talisman Maker at 81E 83N will buy the Heinlein books for 3000gp each.
- Also, once you have read every book once you can complete Quest:Talisman_Maker_and_Heinlein_Books by going to the Talisman Maker and chatting to him. The reward is being able to enchant blank talismans.
- Instead of selling your books, you could also join the book club for some book swapping action.
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Caroline's Books in Bentnob will also buy these for 5000 gold. Syagrius 21:07, 8 March 2006 (GMT)
Stranger in a Strange Land (Hardback)
Available from Carolines Books in Bentnob for 500 gold. This hardback version gives a different message from the equivalent paperback when read.
Read it for real. It's a good book.
Unlike all the paperback Heinlein books, this one costs only 1AP to read.
- It also doesn't appear on your "Me" page as far as I can tell. Rhapsodie 03:05, 24 February 2007 (GMT)
- It looks to me as if this is the 'King making a book recommendation to players, nothing more than that. AndyLandy 17:33, 21 June 2007 (BST)
Copy of Between Planets
You read Between Planets. I'm between cities.
Copy of Beyond This Horizon
You read Beyond This Horizon. Not bad.
Copy of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
You read The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. Blurt!
Copy of Citizen of the Galaxy
You read Citizen of the Galaxy. Not bad.
Copy of The Door into Summer
You read The Door into Summer. At least he didn't become his own grandfather.
Copy of Double Star
You read Double Star. A political novel, pretending to be sci-fi.
Copy of Farmer in the Sky
You read Farmer in the Sky. Reading is fun.
Copy of Farnham's Freehold
You read Farnham's Freehold. You really must build a bomb shelter.
Copy of Friday
You read Friday. If she's dark skinned, how come the chick on the front cover is white?
Copy of Glory Road
You read Glory Road. Is it horribly sexist? Best have a chat in the pub about it later.
Copy of Have Space Suit - Will Travel
You read Have Space Suit - Will Travel. Not bad.
Copy of I Will Fear No Evil
You read I Will Fear No Evil. Is a mans brain in a womans body still a man?
Copy of Job: A Comedy of Justice
You read Job: A Comedy of Justice. He'd really help with the washing up.
Copy of Methuselah's Children
You read Methuselah's Children. Who wants to live for ever?
Copy of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
You read The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Was that a happy ending? I guess so.
Copy of The Number of the Beast
You read The Number of the Beast. I think this is where they got the idea for the TV show Sliders.
Copy of Podkayne of Mars
You read Podkayne of Mars. Not bad.
Copy of The Puppet Masters
You read The Puppet Masters. Hey, this is a rip-off of invasion of the body snatchers.
[You moron, that came out in 1955--Heinlein in 1951]
Copy of Red Planet
You read Red Planet. It's a classic.
Copy of Rocket Ship Galileo
You read Rocket Ship Galileo. Space ships are cool.
Copy of The Rolling Stones
You read The Rolling Stones. Nothing about Mick Jagger after all.
Copy of Sixth Column
You read Sixth Column. It's OK.
Copy of Space Cadet
You read Space Cadet. I want to go to space now.
Copy of The Star Beast
You read The Star Beast. How would you define intelligence amongst cities players?
Copy of Starman Jones
You read Starman Jones. I wonder if there's a sequal.
Copy of Starship Troopers
You read Starship Troopers. Hey! Why was there no power armour in the film?
Copy of Stranger in a Strange Land
There is also a hardback version of the same book.
You read Stranger in a Strange Land. Sounds like a glorification of Charles Manson.
This message is different from the one you get from reading the hardback version.
Copy of Time Enough for Love
You read Time Enough for Love. Hmmm. Rub her feet.
The real book has a whole host of useful life advice. See The Notebooks Of Lazarus Long for exampes. Caroline
Copy of Time for the Stars
You read Time for the Stars. Not bad.
Copy of Tunnel in the Sky
You read Tunnel in the Sky. Not bad.
Copy of To Sail Beyond the Sunset
You read To Sail Beyond the Sunset. A bit contrived, but fun.
Copy of Variable Star
You read Variable Star. Not bad.
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