The magic of reading spread to the masses, after all, through his invention of moveable type and the ability to print numerous copies of the same books. The originator of libriomancy? Johannes Gutenberg, of course.
– with his pet fire-spider, Smudge, whom Isaac retrieved from a book and then realized he couldn’t return without setting the book on fire. So, he is relegated to cataloging books in a library in the U.P. Isaac was retired from the field a few years ago – he has trouble controlling his libriomancy and his magical connection to books is so strong it blurs the lines between fiction and reality. There are rules – you aren’t supposed to pull living creatures from books and you have to return things, and using this magic too much can lead to madness when book characters start to posses you. Isaac is a libriomancer – a magician with the power to pull objects out of books and use them. A librarian! To quote Syndrome from the movie The Incredibles, “Oh, MAN! I’m still geeking out about it!” Hines makes a very literal, and completely fantastic, interpretation of the magic of reading.
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