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* The [[https://sites.udel.edu/poisonbookproject/ Poison Book Project]] is focused on finding older books whose bindings contain toxic pigments like copper and arsenic.
* A rather ironic example: ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadows_from_the_Walls_of_Death Shadows from the Walls of Death]]'' was an 1874 book warning of the dangers of arsenic-laced wallpapers of the period. It, however, contains samples of said toxic wallpapers. All but five copies of the book have been destroyed, with the remainder stored and handled carefully: the copy owned by the National Library of Medicine has been digitized so that one can read it without getting poisoned.
* The notorious limited editions of ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'' and ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'' which were bound in asbestos as publicity stunts, before the hazards of the material were fully appreciated. It is now recommended that they be stored in plastic bags and handled as little as possible.
* A rather ironic example: ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadows_from_the_Walls_of_Death Shadows from the Walls of Death]]'' was an 1874 book warning of the dangers of arsenic-laced wallpapers of the period. It, however, contains samples of said toxic wallpapers. All but five copies of the book have been destroyed, with the remainder stored and handled carefully: the copy owned by the National Library of Medicine has been digitized so that one can read it without getting poisoned.
* The notorious limited editions of ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'' and ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'' which were bound in asbestos as publicity stunts, before the hazards of the material were fully appreciated. It is now recommended that they be stored in plastic bags and handled as little as possible.
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This may overlap with AnimateInanimateObject if the book in question happens to be an animate object, and also with BrownNote if the information contained in a book kills the reader directly.
Compare TomeOfEldritchLore, which is when a book contains dark prophecies or spells, but is otherwise not actively harmful to its reader. Also compare BooksThatBite, when the books are dangerous {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s, and ThrowTheBookAtThem, which is when books are being used as physical weapons. If the book plays a role in kicking off the plot then it's a PlotTriggeringBook.
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This may overlap with AnimateInanimateObject if the book in question happens to be an animate object, and also with BrownNote if the information contained in a book kills the reader directly.
Comparedirectly. If the book plays a role in kicking off the plot then it's a PlotTriggeringBook.
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* BooksThatBite, when the books are dangerous {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem, which is when books are being used as physical weapons.
* TomeOfEldritchLore,which is when a book that contains dark prophecies or spells, but is otherwise not actively harmful to its reader. Also compare BooksThatBite, when the books are dangerous {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s, and ThrowTheBookAtThem, which is when books are being used as physical weapons. If the book plays a role in kicking off the plot then it's a PlotTriggeringBook.reader.
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Compare TomeOfEldritchLore, which is when a book contains dark prophecies or spells, but is otherwise not actively harmful to its reader. Also compare BooksThatBite, when the books are dangerous {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s, and ThrowTheBookAtThem, which is when books are being used as physical weapons.
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* The eponymous notebook in ''Franchise/DeathNote''. It does not kill the reader, but anyone whose name is ''written'' into it will die, so long as the writer is thinking of their face while writing. Those who write their name in will also have no afterlife, [[spoiler:[[ExactWords but that has nothing to do with the book]]. This setting ''has'' no afterlife.]]
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* The eponymous notebook in ''Franchise/DeathNote''. It does not kill the reader, but anyone whose name is ''written'' into it will die, so long as the writer is thinking of their face while writing. Those who write their name in will also have no afterlife, [[spoiler:[[ExactWords but that has nothing to do with the book]]. This setting ''has'' ''[[TheNothingAfterDeath has]]'' [[TheNothingAfterDeath no afterlife.]]]]]]
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