"Librarians Not to Mess With"

Categories: Entertainment , Fiction

From "Eleven Things", a weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle  - writer Louis Peitzman offers his list of Librarians Not to Mess With.  Although I know plenty of real librarians who might easily fit into this category (myself included?), Peitzman's list is littered with fictional librarians who may present a calm demeanor until decisive action is called for, and then they are transformed into Those Who Can Take Care of Things When Necessary.

From the list, these "Superheroes of the Stacks" are represented in the Library's collection:

1.   The Time Traveler's Wife; a novel by Audrey Niffenegger

2.   Tales of the Slayers; a graphic novel based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

3.   The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor; starring Brendan Fraser, on DVD

4.   "The Librarian" series starring Noah Wyle on DVD: Quest for the Spear, Return to King Solomon's Mines, and Curse of the Judas Chalice

5.   The Marvel Comics Encyclopedia, where you can find Karma the Librarian

6.   The Art of Discworld; a companion to the Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett

7.   The Music Man on DVD, featuring the oh-so-stereotypical "Marian the Librarian"

8.   Black Mask; starring Jet Li, on DVD

9.  It; a novel by Stephen King