Prelims round 1, poll 8:
Which is the best fictional library/archive?
The Library (The Medoran Chronicles)
Badalom (The Mysterious Cities of Gold)
The Library of the Unwritten (Hell’s Library series)
The Palanaeum (The Stormlight Archives)
The Stormlight Archive (The Stormlight Archives)
Sazed’s Copperminds (Mistborn)
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The Library, The Medoran Chronicles by Lynette Noni:
- Sentient building! Is literally a place of learning, both through read knowledge and real life experiences; has various doors to different locations and worlds, as well as specific areas inside the library for physical learning. The Library can manipulate space-time within itself, and paintings can easily become doorways to pocket dimensions.
Badalom, The Mysterious Cities of Gold:
- Badalom is the second City of Gold of the series. It has an archive of blueprints of different machines made by the ancient Kingdom of Mu/Hiva. It also has a factory that builds flying golden condors.
The Library of the Unwritten, Hell’s Library series by AJ Hackwith:
None
The Palanaeum, The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson:
None
The Stormlight Archive, The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson:
- Super cool archive! The information is stored in carved crystals that vibrate in specific patterns when infused with magic to reveal messages. It was meant to preserve information stored for thousands of years after books in the main archive has turned to dust. (The art is by @lamaery on Tumblr who gave permission for me to upload this as long as they get credit.)
Sazed’s Copperminds, Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson:
- Copper bracers called copperminds that contain many, many forbidden books. They are accessible only to Sazed, a scholar specialising in religion and also a member of the Skaa rebellion.
‼️MAJOR SPOILERS‼️
At the end of the trilogy, the world is literally about the end, and Sazed becomes a god and uses the knowledge in his copperminds to fix/remake the world.