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  • Опубликовано: 5 июн 2014
  • Tim has a good many books in his toy collection. At first sight it may not be obvious how books fit into the 'toy' category, but Tim has found many books over the years that appeal to him, which have ended up in his collection.
    He divides his books into 'hardware' - meaning that there is something unusual about the structure of the book itself, and 'software' - where the contents of the book, what is printed on the pages, is the unusual factor.

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  • @wangus
    @wangus 10 лет назад +120

    The really remarkable thing about _A Void_ is that it's a translation-from a French novel with the same restriction.

  • @Seth_M-T
    @Seth_M-T 10 лет назад +74

    0:42 "When you now hold it over a candle flame, and warm it up, it sets on fire. Remarkable."

  • @CannonGround
    @CannonGround 10 лет назад +46

    Mr. Tim, there was a book discovered in Sweden not too long ago that you might be interested in reading about. It was hinged so that it could open 6 different ways, and depending on how it was opened it contained a different story.

  • @bigchooch4434
    @bigchooch4434 8 лет назад +185

    7:04
    "100% plagiarization. What a clever idea."
    Try telling that to my teacher.

    • @TheAzorg
      @TheAzorg 5 лет назад +1

      show him / her that video

    • @rayanderson5797
      @rayanderson5797 3 года назад +1

      I feel like it was more work to do that than it would have been to just write a basic western story.
      That would make for quite an object lesson.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 3 года назад +2

      well is it really plagiarism if it’s fully cited?

  • @LordArikado
    @LordArikado 8 лет назад +39

    I've got a book that's similar to the counting sheep book. It's called "Fifty-Thousand Shades of Grey", and it was written by the cheap tat/electronic tat/expired food reviewer Ashens. It's the phrase "Shades of Grey" repeated 50,000 times. Unfortunately it's out of print now, so good luck finding a copy for a decent price.

    • @ky-gp4sz
      @ky-gp4sz 8 лет назад

      That's my favorite book, sadly I don't have it

    • @LordArikado
      @LordArikado 8 лет назад

      Good luck finding a copy now that it's out of print. The cheapest I've seen it going for is $50.

  • @PhillySmithy
    @PhillySmithy 10 лет назад +16

    Such a wonderful collection, I look forward to seeing more

  • @n00b4liciou5
    @n00b4liciou5 8 лет назад +58

    Tim should have a series of books on tape. He would never read the story inside the book, he'd just describe the book (the artwork, texture, weight, smell, contrast of soft cover and hard cover) for about 5 minutes.

  • @ASilentS
    @ASilentS 10 лет назад +10

    I've got a book from I think the 40's where every page is cut horizontally about 3/4 of the way down. The bottom section serves as a little vocabulary book you can reference whilst independently reading the book in the top section. Another novel novel.

  • @davidallman
    @davidallman 8 лет назад +153

    Speaking of books, I'm afraid Tim's wasting his voice on not narrating novels for audiobooks.

    • @jordirapper
      @jordirapper 6 лет назад +27

      Just imagine
      "There once was a boy who cried wolf. Heh. He played with a ball. That sounds like fun, don't you agree? I have many balls in my collection. It began in my childhood when ... And we never saw them again but it did help me get started on my collection and ... but I just ordered the thee instead. I have many thee kinds and thee cops in my collection as well when ... And that's why I like to collect books ... What was I doing? Oh yes! The book, nice."

    • @stevebabcock2499
      @stevebabcock2499 3 года назад +4

      @@jordirapper that would be more entertaining than most books by themselves

  • @StewMM
    @StewMM 10 лет назад +16

    I have Ashens '50 Thousand Shades Of Grey'
    It's like the sheep book but with 'Shades of grey' 50 thousand times

  • @ZacHawkins42
    @ZacHawkins42 6 лет назад +5

    Tim should read "House of Leaves". The most mindbending work of fiction I've ever come across.

  • @bruceturnbull4219
    @bruceturnbull4219 10 лет назад +7

    I used to have a book as a child called Reflections. When you reach the end of the book, you turn it upside down and the illustrations become different, then you read the book end to beginning to finish the story

  • @ArtFluids
    @ArtFluids 10 лет назад +140

    There should be more waterproof books

    • @ghuegel
      @ghuegel 10 лет назад +4

      Ipad, Kindle, or Nook in a plastic bag. Now, all the books are waterproof!

    • @eoghannlamond1034
      @eoghannlamond1034 10 лет назад +23

      ghuegel I dropped a book while hiking in 2010 - it went a good 1300 feet down sheer rock; I recovered the book on my way down and last re-read it just a handful of weeks ago ('Moab is my Washpot').
      An iPad, Kindle or Nook would have a 50-50 chance of surviving a fall off the average dinner table.

    • @MattMcConaha
      @MattMcConaha 10 лет назад +3

      Eòghann Lamond Then don't take a Kindle up a mountain. Everything ever has strengths and weaknesses. Including paper books.

    • @lordofedges6487
      @lordofedges6487 10 лет назад +8

      ghuegel Wasn't there a problem at some point in time with stupid people thinking software updates could make their cell phones waterproof?

    • @aditya95sriram
      @aditya95sriram 10 лет назад +1

      Waterproof books: Ideal for reading while floating on the Dead Sea.
      leisuregrouptravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Dead-Sea-Floating1.jpg

  • @ersatzwilderness
    @ersatzwilderness 10 лет назад +3

    Anyone who's a fan of Perec and Queneau is ok in my book. Brilliant collection as always Tim!

  • @MatthewThrone
    @MatthewThrone 8 лет назад +5

    Book from the nile.

  • @designanddirection
    @designanddirection 10 лет назад +106

    The "What men know about women" book reminds me of a novelty record which was completely silent it was entitled: The wit and wisdom of Ronald Reagan.

  • @MattDriiiver
    @MattDriiiver 7 лет назад +14

    Anyone read House of Leaves?
    Amazing, if could totally fit in Tim's collection

  • @Sim0n98
    @Sim0n98 10 лет назад +33

    I've seen a book called Fifty Thousand Shades of Grey. The whole book is just the phrase, "shades of grey" fifty thousand times over.

    • @medicaldemoman
      @medicaldemoman 10 лет назад +15

      Ashens?

    • @Sim0n98
      @Sim0n98 10 лет назад

      yes

    • @blossomtrees927
      @blossomtrees927 9 лет назад +1

      yes! i was about to comment that. ashens is awesome.

    • @rockerseven
      @rockerseven 9 лет назад +1

      Simon Gallagher as i've been watching these videos, i realized tim is kinda like an older version of stuart ashen lol

    • @LordArikado
      @LordArikado 8 лет назад +1

      +Simon Gallagher I've actually got a copy of that. He sold them on Amazon for a few months. Good luck finding a copy for a decent price now though.

  • @sabastiankilgore9510
    @sabastiankilgore9510 8 лет назад +3

    Thanks for making such great videos guys, I have been feeling down recently and yet you guys never fail to bring a smile to my face. Much appreciated :)

  • @deathhzrd
    @deathhzrd 8 лет назад +11

    Only Tim would have a book in a book in a book in a book

  • @shortshotgunman5582
    @shortshotgunman5582 5 лет назад +3

    4:38 That tiny book Contains Water From The NIle

    • @jospantostado5406
      @jospantostado5406 3 года назад

      It contains the secrets of the water from the Nile

  • @sunofslavia
    @sunofslavia 10 лет назад

    Astonishing collection of sophisticated fruits of boredom and quirkiness. I like it!

  • @educacaofisica4334
    @educacaofisica4334 10 лет назад +1

    I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I WOUD BE NOTHING WITHOUT THEM

  • @MrLeroyFox
    @MrLeroyFox 8 лет назад +4

    I want to lay down on a cloud made from his voice...

    • @flacidPillow
      @flacidPillow 8 лет назад

      It's kinda funny because it's not his voice that impresses me, but his fluency does. His eloquence goes a long way, while someone like Morgan Freeman is praised over his low voice. Though I do not doubt Freeman's eloquence.

    • @MrLeroyFox
      @MrLeroyFox 8 лет назад

      ***** But Freeman is the best of the best. Can't compare apples and oranges. :p

    • @flacidPillow
      @flacidPillow 8 лет назад

      Leroy Fox They're both fruits.

    • @MrLeroyFox
      @MrLeroyFox 8 лет назад

      ***** Well to be honest I don't understand some expressions either (me too could easily compare them), but you know what I mean. ;)

  • @adenowirus
    @adenowirus 3 года назад +2

    A few unusual books from Poland:
    "A Perfect Vacuum" by Stanisław Lem is a collection of reviews of nonexistent books. Some of reviewed works are actually impossible to write. "Imaginary Magnitude" by the same author is similar, except this time it contains forewords and prefaces.
    "The Gates of Paradise" by Jerzy Andrzejewski is a novel set during the Children's Crusade. It's remarcable for the fact that it contains only two sentences. While the second one is rather short, the first one is extremely long.
    "Alea Iacta Est" by Stanisław Dróżdż is a set of six tomes together containing all 46656 possible results of rolling six six-sided dice. It exists in a single copy and is essentially a more compact version of a installation under the same title.

  • @tymesho
    @tymesho 10 лет назад +4

    recently stumbled onto your vids and subbed, very interesting stuff! I really like how you present them too, simple, and informative. thank you!

  • @trancehi
    @trancehi 10 лет назад +3

    I've got a disguised book. It's a proper old antique in the shape of a book all bound in old leather. Twisting the corner accesses the pouring spout to a hallmarked solid silver alcoholic hip flask shaped as a book and the book is called 'A Pleasant Surprise'. This is a proper old and expensive antique looking book and you wouldn't know what it was without picking it up, only to reveal something brilliant.

  • @turb0u1337ka
    @turb0u1337ka 10 лет назад +2

    The book with sheeps would be better if the sheeps were disordered... Because in such variant there are actually only three numbers that we need to count: height and width of a page in sheeps and the number of pages =)

  • @WickedJ133
    @WickedJ133 10 лет назад +1

    I would love to see a video of music boxes, Tim has to have a billion of those.

  • @MrIshmael456
    @MrIshmael456 10 лет назад

    Tim, I loved this collection. I collect and read many books, but never have thought to try to find quirky "Novel Novels". Will have to do it! :)

  • @JoeeyTheeKangaroo
    @JoeeyTheeKangaroo 8 лет назад +7

    "100% plagiarism... what a clever idea " My teacher did not agree.

  • @djsolaris979
    @djsolaris979 10 лет назад

    I want to thank you, Tim - I purchased a few of these books for myself since watching this video. I'm a book collector too! You have quite an impressive collection. :)

  • @DougPalumbo
    @DougPalumbo 10 лет назад

    Great books and another interesting video...thanks Tim!

  • @LordArikado
    @LordArikado 8 лет назад +1

    I also had a book when I was a kid that I used to love but no longer have in my possession and can't remember the name of. It was about a bug, either a grasshopper or a cricket, and it had a cutout of him on a stand, and as you turned the pages he would pass through a hole in each one and appear on the next page. Then when you reached the end, you were supposed to take him back home by going through the book in reverse, which would put him back on the first page.

  • @OatmealDonk
    @OatmealDonk 7 лет назад +4

    that "vast" book is super rare!

  • @peachygirl2374
    @peachygirl2374 4 года назад

    I can always count on tim to cheer me up

  • @AndreasIndustriePro
    @AndreasIndustriePro 7 лет назад +12

    *100% plagiarazation*
    *what a clever idea*

  • @dwah1986
    @dwah1986 10 лет назад +5

    I can't be the only one that's headed straight to Amazon...I love you, Tim.

    • @DocFunky
      @DocFunky 10 лет назад +1

      Yup, got a ton of new books on my wish list now.

  • @joannegray5138
    @joannegray5138 9 лет назад +1

    I once bought a book entitled "Hugh Grant's Guide to Fidelity" (published after he had his Divine encounter) and the pages were totally blank. Didn't realise that someone else had already had a similar idea.

  • @NarutoUzumaki-jg4pw
    @NarutoUzumaki-jg4pw 7 лет назад +1

    Quite the collection of NOVELties

  • @wogsykirk1156
    @wogsykirk1156 10 лет назад +10

    I've just watched this whole video and thought it was brilliant.
    I've just had a joint too so im stoned out of my tree. These videos are awesome but when your stoned they are even better.

  • @jonathonweeks2410
    @jonathonweeks2410 10 лет назад +3

    Of course if you're interested in other novel novels, there's also the book of every color in existence:
    www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/09/this-book-contains-every-rgb-color-that-exists/
    and the ubiquitous House of Leaves, a horror story that plays with typesetting and font and bizarre nested references and appendices to tell several strange stories (often all at once).

  • @PumpkinHeadJim
    @PumpkinHeadJim 7 лет назад +1

    this channel is absolutely fantastic

  • @pcbona
    @pcbona 10 лет назад +1

    Cameraman does a great job. Very smooth filming.

  • @evesword4270
    @evesword4270 5 лет назад

    I'm a FAN of that book!! Haha.... I have no friends

  • @GoldenHay1
    @GoldenHay1 8 лет назад

    Finally someone made book pages that are not out of paper.

  • @GlassesnMouthplates
    @GlassesnMouthplates 3 года назад

    The "Vast" novel sounds like one of those "Writing fiction with A.I" challenges.

  • @tonyferber3252
    @tonyferber3252 9 лет назад +2

    I think the salesman with the "fan" book saw you coming Mr. Rowett.

  • @liamrickard3783
    @liamrickard3783 8 лет назад +34

    Book from the Nile

  • @jeffcolorado
    @jeffcolorado 5 лет назад

    Tim, in case you haven't heard of it, there's a book by poet Christian Bok called Eunoia. Each chapter in the book uses only one vowel, so there's an A chapter, an E chapter, and so on. The word "Eunoia" is the shortest word that uses all the vowels. The book also never uses the letter 'Y'. A very clever book that should be in your collection, if it isn't already there.

  • @maxhengst2252
    @maxhengst2252 10 лет назад

    I love this channel!

  • @Optropicraft
    @Optropicraft 8 лет назад +2

    He should get Ashens's book, "Fifty-thousand Shades of Grey"

  • @JakonDeluxe
    @JakonDeluxe 8 лет назад +2

    0:19 90 Pounds for that book?

  • @BiancaWong
    @BiancaWong 10 лет назад

    You are a cool grandpappi!!

  • @evillttlimp
    @evillttlimp 10 лет назад +1

    What about Stuart Ashen's 50,000 Shades of Grey? That one made me giggle

  • @dpeltm
    @dpeltm 10 лет назад

    nice collection!!!

  • @PumpkinHeadJim
    @PumpkinHeadJim 7 лет назад +3

    there was a tab of LSD in the smallest book in that book safe one

  • @nick-vr1gy
    @nick-vr1gy 6 лет назад

    Ah, I just love Tim

  • @a10cgaming67
    @a10cgaming67 7 лет назад +1

    waterproof books from the nile

  • @spooky1800
    @spooky1800 5 лет назад

    (Beginning of every video)
    Tim: *INHALES LOUDLY*

  • @EBProductions
    @EBProductions 10 лет назад

    i love these longer video's

  • @DukesArchive
    @DukesArchive 9 лет назад +2

    Please help, I'm addicted to these videos...

  • @Xaplelul
    @Xaplelul 10 лет назад

    Such a fulfilled man.

  • @whynotanyting
    @whynotanyting 10 лет назад

    At 6:30 I believe that the image has hidden text when you read it from an angle. I don't know if it does, but the way it is drawn makes it look that way.

  • @JSTNtheWZRD
    @JSTNtheWZRD 2 года назад

    I am thoroughly interested by this one - I would like to get into collecting these, since I have many experimental books, but none with no letter e, or the best one I think is the rewritten story in different ways. Know of any in stores now???????????????????????🏰

  • @TDMFAN
    @TDMFAN 10 лет назад +24

    Reupload? I swear I've seen this before...

    • @grandillusions
      @grandillusions  10 лет назад +49

      A couple of the books have appeared in previous videos. But this is the first video Tim has done, featuring just books. And we shot it 2 days ago.

    • @TDMFAN
      @TDMFAN 10 лет назад +5

      Ahhhh well that's cool then. Definitely recognised a few but was great to see some new additions :D

    • @obmoder1
      @obmoder1 10 лет назад

      Grand Illusions Does someone else run the channel or are you just speaking in third person?

    • @tyjuji
      @tyjuji 10 лет назад +4

      obmoder1
      I believe it's Hendrik Ball, who runs the channel.

    • @grandillusions
      @grandillusions  10 лет назад +12

      Yup, that's me. George Auckland and I shoot the videos between us, and I do the editing and uploading to RUclips. I also answer the comments on RUclips! Hendrik Ball

  • @YouSwellow
    @YouSwellow 8 лет назад +3

    Novelty novels

  • @complexity4326
    @complexity4326 5 лет назад

    big chungus is gonna finesse those books

  • @Charlesb88
    @Charlesb88 5 лет назад

    A recipe book you must bake first to use is called a "Cooked Book"😄

  • @faynEmrHater
    @faynEmrHater 7 лет назад

    so what can you put in there? a book, and what's in that book? another book, and what's in that book? My Crack. what a lovely idea.

  • @kylered1268
    @kylered1268 10 лет назад

    How very interesting!

  • @C-otter_
    @C-otter_ 7 лет назад

    There is a book called Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn that is "a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable" which basically means that it is composed of letters sent to different characters and throughout the story Dunn stops using different letters of the alphabet.

  • @KHmixerX
    @KHmixerX 10 лет назад

    Brilliant.

  • @compmaint
    @compmaint 10 лет назад +1

    I like the part about the books...

  • @jay-
    @jay- 5 лет назад +2

    "100 plagiarization, What a clever idea!" Wish my teacher thought the same.

  • @mattthe1idgaf797
    @mattthe1idgaf797 6 лет назад +1

    Book from the nile

  • @warmcrunch3829
    @warmcrunch3829 5 лет назад

    This is my favorite

  • @douro20
    @douro20 10 лет назад

    The waterproof book was probably made of Tyvek.

  • @gimpdoctor8362
    @gimpdoctor8362 10 лет назад

    this guy is in salespeople's dreams...

  • @benjaminoechsli1941
    @benjaminoechsli1941 3 года назад

    Thanks!

  • @angusjtaylor7745
    @angusjtaylor7745 8 лет назад +1

    another good novelty book is 50 000 shades of grey by stuart ashen

  • @eyesofNOTHING
    @eyesofNOTHING 9 лет назад

    What's in the book... another book... what's in the book, a gun *bang... Wow.

  • @dawnp2534
    @dawnp2534 7 лет назад

    as they say, knowledge is power

  • @nicholastosoni707
    @nicholastosoni707 8 лет назад

    "...And this one here is a volume that I don't think is going to be a bestseller any time soon. I found this little handwritten note inside which gives the book's title as _The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey_.
    The text within, I can't make heads or tails of. There's a few Greek symbols here, and what I assume to be an equation of some kind, but on the other hand, there's all this clockwork."

    • @BanditLeader
      @BanditLeader 8 лет назад

      He didn't say that in the video

    • @nicholastosoni707
      @nicholastosoni707 8 лет назад +1

      Bandit Leader *That's the joke*

    • @BanditLeader
      @BanditLeader 8 лет назад

      Nicholas Tosoni no it isnt the joke, because what you said isnt a joke

  • @francescodelre1274
    @francescodelre1274 4 года назад

    "All that men know about women"
    All pages:EMPTY
    Tim:"N I C E I D E A"

  • @Seita833
    @Seita833 7 лет назад +1

    Anyone know what the Jacob's ladder book is called?

  • @xxanimexnerdxxkelson
    @xxanimexnerdxxkelson 6 лет назад

    "All that men know about women" I think it the most amusing out of this collection

  • @AcheroniD
    @AcheroniD 7 лет назад

    Tim is adept at cooking the books and destroying the evidence
    Remarkable

  • @d.s.parentsr6502
    @d.s.parentsr6502 5 лет назад

    I just had an idea of a flip-book of a flip-book of a flip-book of a flip-book of a flip-book.

  • @JL0ndon
    @JL0ndon 8 лет назад

    I'm a writer and an artist and have done some really cool sculptures with books (mostly short stories) I wrote. Is there a PO box for this channel? I'd love send you guys a little piece I made!

  • @JonnyThrash_
    @JonnyThrash_ 9 лет назад

    ive got a book in which as you read the story your asked to make a choice at certain points...the book then tells you what page to turn to in order to continue with the plot. of course, different choices lead to different paths or even death. kinda lets u customize your adventure

    • @Mr-Trox
      @Mr-Trox 8 лет назад

      +Francisco Arce Yeah, the Choose your own Adventure books used to be super popular.

    • @LordArikado
      @LordArikado 8 лет назад +1

      +Mr. Trox My favorite variation on that concept was the Goosebumps ones. Nothing's cooler for a young horror fan than being able to make their own Goosebumps story.

  • @Nilguiri
    @Nilguiri 10 лет назад +1

    Ha! That last picture of the books pouring out of the window was in Madrid a few years ago. I saw it!
    It's in the Palacio de Linares, which they say is haunted.
    Here's a photo:
    www.elle.es/var/ellees/storage/images/elledeco/diseno-arquitectura/piezas-de-diseno-con-libros/palacio-de-linares/4697033-1-esl-ES/palacio-de-linares_ampliacion.jpg

  • @PochamaRex
    @PochamaRex 10 лет назад

    A book in a book in a book in a book in another book. It's bookception.

  • @terrancebigham6765
    @terrancebigham6765 7 лет назад

    Books written without "e" or any other letter aren't exactly new. Back in the 30's Ernest Wright published his novel "Gadsby", without an "e" in the text.

  • @BlinkLed
    @BlinkLed 10 лет назад +1

    There's a novel novel I have called Fifty-Thousand Shades of Grey. The name is an obvious parody of Fifty Shades of Grey, but the entire text of the book is only the phrase "Shades of grey." repeated fifty-thousand times.

  • @schwarzwolfram7925
    @schwarzwolfram7925 10 лет назад

    4:15 Yo dawg, we heard you like books.

  • @mcanie1993
    @mcanie1993 7 лет назад

    I felt distressed when he closed the yellow book and the page folded 0.o ahahaha

  • @savannahlevy97
    @savannahlevy97 6 лет назад

    They shoudve jumbled and randomized the sheep on each page so you can't cheat and multiply the number of them on one page by the number of pages there are.

  • @YourCrazyOverlord
    @YourCrazyOverlord 8 лет назад

    I heard it as "E, the Communist of all the letters..." at 8:36

  • @henarten
    @henarten 7 лет назад

    No Gadsby?! For shame Tim, shame.