List of fictional guidebooks
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Some [[fictional universe]]s feature useful [[guidebook]]s which assist the hero and friends through difficult situations.
Features of a great fictional guidebook: Such books are ideally compact enough to carry on even the most strenuous adventures, yet detailed enough to contain exactly the information the reader needs at that particular point in the plot.
Many guidebooks are electronic in nature; some can access relevant information through a wireless connection.
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==List of fictional guidebooks==
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|''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]''
|''[[The Foundation Series]]'' by [[Isaac Asimov]]
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|''The [[Philosophy of Time Travel]]''
|''[[Donnie Darko]]''
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|''[[The Guide (character)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]''
|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker Trilogy]]'' (in five parts) by [[Douglas Adams]]
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|''The [[Junior Woodchucks Guidebook]]''
|''[[Donald Duck]]'' [[comics]] by [[Carl Barks]] and ''[[DuckTales]]''
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|''[[Encyclopedia Frobozzica]]''
|''[[Zork]]''
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|''The Book of Origin''
|[[Stargate]] Universe - priors of the Ori
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|''The Book of Rules''
|The ''Dancing Gods'' series by [[Jack L. Chalker]]
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|''A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer''
|[[Neal Stephenson]]'s novel, ''[[Neal Stephenson/The Diamond Age|The Diamond Age]]''
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|''Planetary Guides'' (annual)
|[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]] by [[Warren Ellis]]
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|''[[Pokédex]]''
|[[Pokémon]] games and [[Pokémon (anime)|animation]]
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|''Highly Unpleasant Things It Is Sometimes Necessary to Know'', ''Things That Are Not Good to Know at All''
|[[John Barnes (author)|John Barnes]]'s novel, ''[[One for the Morning Glory]]''
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|''The Mrin and Darine Codices''
|[[David Eddings]]' ''[[The Belgariad|Belgariad]]'' and ''[[The Malloreon|Malloreon]]''
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|[[Ferengi]] ''[[Rules of Acquisition]]''
|''[[Star Trek]]''
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|''Marcoh's Notes'' (AKA: ''Tim Marcoh's Guide on Baking Desserts'' - A guide written by the alchemist Tim Marcoh on the Philosophers' Stone, it is thought of as a cookbook, but is actually an alchemy reference written in code.)
|[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]
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|''Roylance Guide'',<br>''Tobin's Spirit Guide'',<br>''Spates Catalog''
|''[[Ghostbusters]]''
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|''The Spells of Astoroth''
|''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''
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|''Handbook for the Recently Deceased''
|''[[Beetlejuice]]''
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|''The Code of Masked Wrestling''
|''[[¡Mucha Lucha!]]''
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|''The Slayer Handbook''
|''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
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|''The Messiah's Handbook and Reminders for the Advanced Soul''
|[[Richard Bach]]'s novel, ''Illusions''
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|''The [[Necronomicon]]''
|''The Hound'' by [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. See 'Other Appearances' under [[Necronomicon]] for more.
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|''A Really Useful Book''
|''[[MirrorMask]]''
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|''[[Da Rules]]''
|''[[Fairly Odd Parents]]''
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|''The Guide''
|''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]''
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|''[[Orange Catholic Bible]]''
|[[Frank Herbert]]'s [[Dune universe|''Dune'' series]]
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|''The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch''
|''[[Good Omens]], by [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]]
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|''[[Krusty Krab]] Employee Manual''
|''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
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|''Thievus Racoonus''
|''[[Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus]]''
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==Real fictional guidebooks==
A few guides to fictional places have also been published. The 1996 book ''Paris out of hand'', by [[Karen Elizabeth Gordon]], [[Barbara Hodgson]], and [[Nick Bantock]], is a guide to a fictionalized version of Paris. There are guidebooks to the fictional countries of ''[[Molvanîa]]: The Land that Dentistry Forgot'' (2003), ''[[Phaic Tăn]]: Sunstroke on a Shoestring'' (2004) and ''[[San Sombrèro]]: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups'' (2006), written by [[Tom Gleisner]], [[Santo Cilauro]], and [[Rob Sitch]].
==See also==
* [[False document]]
* [[Fictional book]]
==Notes==
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