If information is power , then there ’s no hero mightier than a librarian . bibliothec are superheroes , adventurers , Explorer and invaluable guides to other heroes . Here are 20 astonishing bibliothec who save the world every day !
As Spider Robinson write in The Callahan Touch , “ Mary Kay is one of the hidden masters of the world — a bibliothec . They control data . Do n’t ever piss one off . ” So here are 20 librarian who you should n’t ever wee-wee off — but who might be a peck of help if you ’re in a plastered corner .
Flynn Carsen in The Librarian movies on TNT
Noah Wyle , star of the upcoming Falling Skies serial , also starred in these awing TV movies . Flynn Carsen gets engage by the Metropolitan Public Library to work as a librarian — but he does n’t realise the Library has been around for 100 , and it actually protect a short ton of magical artifact . ( Similar to Syfy ’s Warehouse 13 serial and Friday the 13th : The Series . ) With the help of the amazing powers of Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin , he tracks down miss artefact and keeps the cosmos dependable from their mightiness .
The Librarian of Unseen University Library, in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels
Awave of magic transformedthe bibliothec into an Pongo pygmaeus , and he discovered he liked being one — so he ’s baulk all cause to turn him back into a human . It ’s rumored he was once known as Dr. Horace Worblehat , but since he ’s consistently destroyed all images and documentation of his former human individuality , it ’s strong to know . The only sounds he ever utters are “ ook ” or “ eek , ” but by now Rincewind and the other wizards are so used to this that they can understand him perfectly .
Lirael in the Abhorsen novels by Garth Nix
Lirael is the first of the Clayr not to inherit the gift of the Sight , in hundreds of old age . With her Corvus corax - one-sided hair , pale skin colour , pointy expression and unknown parentage , she looks nothing like the bonny - hairy , tanned seers around her . She ’s awfully downcast about being so different , until shegets an appointment to the Clayr ’s Libraryon her 14th birthday . There , she start to do research in forget corners , uncovering clue to an risky venture of immense importance . She discovers a soap-rock cutting of a dog and accidentally localize complimentary a powerful magic creature in the depository library , call a Stilken , which she finally vanquishes using the Chief Librarian ’s brand . She later summon the Disreputable Dog , who helps her on her seeking to bind the malevolent Orannis once again and save the country .
Rex Libris in the Rex Libris comics
Rex Libris isthe “ hard - as - nail Head Librarian at Middleton Public Library,”who happen upon fear into recalcitrant borrowers — and also battles “ loitering zombi ” and foreign warlords who turn down to pay their late fees . His teleportation watch crystal lease him trip to any box of the universe to battle evil . “ With clenched fist of steel and judgement as sharp as a mainsheet , Rex is a true guardian of noesis , foeman of the foolish , withstander of the Dewey Decimal System , and the effective promise for the future tense of civilization . ”
Iku Kasahara in Toshokan Sensou (Library War)
In an alternate 1989 , the Nipponese government passed a law of nature allowing for the censoring of data or musical theme that might be harmful to Japanese society . Now , it ’s 2019 , and the Media Betterment Committee sends soldier to the library to destroy works they desire to ban . It ’s up to the militia defending the libraries , including new recruit Iku Kasahara , to save cognition from those who would destroy it . As one person puts it , “ going to library school mean canonical breeding and learning how to utilise a rifle to protect books . ” This manga serial publication was also plough into a 12 - instalment anime .
Margarita Staples and other librarians in Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
This rule book gave us the Graeco-Roman line :
“ I ’m Margarita Staples . ” She bowed in her harness . “ utmost librarian . Bookaneer . ”
All bookshelves lead to the Wordhoard Pit , a variety of nexus of library , in Mieville ’s imaginative YA novel about a distorted alternative London . The Extreme Librarians lay on the line their livesin this universe of towering bookshelf to retrieve volume , with picks in hand , sometimes having to battle shelf - monkeys . As Margarita says , “ There are risk of infection . Hunter , fauna , and accidents . Ropes that snap . Sometimes someone gets separated . ”
Evelyn “Evie” Carnahan in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns
Rachel Weisz ’s charactertells Rick :
I may not be an explorer , or an adventurer , or a hoarded wealth - seeker , or a gunfighter , Mr. O’Connell , but I am lofty of what I am … I am a bibliothec .
She go all around the world to seek the lost Book of Amun - Ra , and ultimately find the Book of the Dead . And she turn out to be reasonably ready to hand with a gun and fights against Anak - Su - Namun .
Lara in the Superman comics
Superman ’s biological mother wasthe archivist and librarianin the capital metropolis ’s archive on Krypton . She “ possessed a Brobdingnagian knowledge of Kryptonian history and polish , ” perhaps allowing her to include more useful information in the rocket ship that sent her Logos to Earth . And if you need to catch a compiling of great librarians in comedian , cluck here . ( Plushere’sa great listing . )
Barbara Gordon in Birds of Prey and other comics
No mention of desperate librarians would be thoroughgoing without admit the former Batgirl — whoworked as a librarian in Gotham Cityfor many years ( and believably had to carry on with all sorts of unknown reference intensity requests . ) finally , her librarian accomplishment went fully digital and she ’s now the super - cyberpunk make out only as Oracle . ( She also was a extremity of Congress for a few long time , although I guess that ’s been retconned at this point . ) If you ever doubted that information was power , you ’d only have to mess with Barbara G. and you ’d learn your mistake . ( Batman also has a keen hold of library skill , as proved in the Peter Milligan storylinewhere he cope with a sequential killer who is murdering people and range their torso grant to a modified Dewey Decimal system . )
Zoe Heriot in Doctor Who
She ’s not just the smart fellow traveller ever to rock a effervescent catsuit — Zoe also has an unbelievable genius , let in total recall . Which is why , when we first meet her in “ The Wheel In Space , ” she ’s working as the bibliothec aboard a space station , particularize in parapsychology . Of course , she needs the Doctor to excuse to her that “ logical system , my love , merely allows one to be wrong with bureau . ” It also allows her tomake a computer have a genius seizure just by mouth to it , though . Do n’t peck with a librarian who ’s seek information .
The virtual Librarian in Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
As Tim Blackmore from the University of Western Ontario writes inhis essay on this bibliothec ( PDF)Hiro Protagonist ’s “ indispensible pathfinder and fellow traveler ” is a virtual librarian , break to him by Juanita , along with half the library worth of information . Writes Stephenson :
Hiro can see a bombastic , dimly lit room that was n’t there before . . . . A man walks into his office staff . The Librarian daemon looks like a pleasant , fiftyish , silver - haired , barbate Isle of Man with shiny blue eyes , wear upon a pentad - neck sweater over a workshirt . . . . Even though he ’s just a part of software system , he has grounds to be cheerful ; he can move through the nearly innumerous quite a little of information in the Library with the agility of a wanderer dancing across a vast web of cross - references . The Librarian is the only piece of CIC software that costs even more than Earth [ a geopolitics political platform ] ; the only thing he ca n’t do is think .
The Librarian gets majuscule lines like , “ dreary - but due to my inner structure , I ’m a sucker for non - sequiturs , ” and due to his learning electrical capacity , he ’s mostly program himself .
Luna Moth in the Escapist by Michael Chabon, Brian K. Vaughn, et al.
The other superhero created by Kavalier and Clay , creators of The Escapist , is the fancy woman of the night , Luna Moth . Her alter egotism is Judy Dark , a subdued bibliothec who make for in the basement of the New York City Public Library . One day , she sees a mates of criminals trying to steal a rare and charming Quran , and face them — but after a gun gets can , a telegram devolve into a puddle of H2O , causing a surge of energy to run from the book ’s gilded cover into Judy Dark . She ’s transformed into a warrior goddess who goes around vaporize criminals with her light-green energy rays , while never quite being able-bodied to assure the force of her imaginativeness .
Elijah Bradley, The Patriot, in the Young Avengers
While function at the New York Public Library , Eli also becomes a penis of the Young Avengers , following in the footsteps of his grandfather , Isaiah Bradley . He has all the power of a super - soldier , like Captain America . Another superhero who ’s a bibliothec in his unornamented time is Captain Comet , who explores the stacks of his local library when he ’s not out search the universe and fighting ultimate evilness .
Lucien in Neil Gaiman’s Sandman
Lucien is the trust librarian of the Library of Dreams , which hold all the record book that have been write , as well as those that were only daydream of . And hewatches over Morpheus ’ crib while he ’s blend in . Another bibliothec who look on over a library of all the books that were , and all the books that could have been is Henry Cecil , in David Henry Keller ’s 1949 novel The Eternal Conflict .
The Cheshire Cat in Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series
Giles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Rupert Giles is the school librarian at Sunnydale High , but he ’s also got a secret — he ’s a Watcher , who guide Buffy on her journeying to become the savior of the Earth . And he sometimes rolls up his sleeve and live out to save the world on his own . Not to refer , Giles has another secret on top of that one — he ’s also Ripper , a ruthless , peradventure somewhat psychotic , former wizard who ’s not afraid to get his hands a act dirty . When there are nasty things that need to be done to keep us all dependable , you wo n’t have to look further than the book stacks at the gamy school day to find the gentleman to do them . ( Thanks to WitnessAria for reminding me of this one . )
Wraith (Jennifer Maloy) in the Wild Cards universe
Jennifer Maloy is a diffident , introverted librarian — until she discovers she ’s an Ace , with the ability to become unreal . Unfortunately , she can only carry a humble amount of topic through walls , so her uniform as Wraith consists of a mask and a bikini . She slip from the rich and pay to the poor , and wind up battle crime Almighty and helping to solve the murder of Chrysalis . Art by Adam deKraker .
Haly in Libyrinth by Pearl North
In the distant time to come , the Libyrinth is a depository library so massive , people get turn a loss in itand never amount out , because it contains all the precious human cognition saved from Earth . Haly is a clerk to the Libyrarian Selene , but she alone hears the book talking to her . She hear of a patch by the account book - hating Eradicants to destroy the Libyrinth , and journeying with her friends to the Queen of Ilysies for supporter . But they get snipe , and Haly is force to write the Libyrinth on her own .
The Psykers in Warhammer 40,000
The Psykers have brawny psychical power , which make them worthful ally but also leave them open to diabolical possession or insanity . The most potent and physically able psykers are chosen to answer asLibrariansin the Space Marines , where they keep the records of the Chapter they belong to to . They also aid out in battle using their formidable abilities , and help to separate dangerous mutants from one which might be utilitarian to the Imperium . ( Thanks to NinjaCyborg for suggesting this one . )
Karma in The X-Men
And eventually , one more superhero bibliothec ! Karma , a member of the New Mutants , works as a librarian at the University of Chicago , where she helps Kitty Pryde battle the anti - mutant hate radical , Purity . afterwards , she goes back to Charles Xavier ’s Xavier Institute and works as the bibliothec there , also help to mentor the scholar who are under 15 year honest-to-goodness . She eventually starts teaching French and also serving consultant to the Alpha Squadron and the Lower School .
Additional reportage by Katharine Trendacosta . Thanks also to everyone who commented onthis postal service .
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