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| ====== The Contents Book ====== | ====== The Contents Book ====== | ||
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| + | [{{ :wiki:blue_ocean.png?nolink&200|Blue Ocean cover}}] | ||
| **The Contents Book** is a type of a self-referential book which consists of a table of contents which references itself. | **The Contents Book** is a type of a self-referential book which consists of a table of contents which references itself. | ||
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| Typically, each page will list an arbitrary amount of Chapters, each of which will describe the contents of the chapters being the current contents page, for instance: "Chapter 2. Table of contents, page 2.", "Chapter 3. Table of contents, page 2.", "Chapter 4. Table of contents, page 2.", etc. | Typically, each page will list an arbitrary amount of Chapters, each of which will describe the contents of the chapters being the current contents page, for instance: "Chapter 2. Table of contents, page 2.", "Chapter 3. Table of contents, page 2.", "Chapter 4. Table of contents, page 2.", etc. | ||
| - | Chapters might also have names, which mint hint at a story, but still link the reader to the table of contents rather than anything else. | + | Chapters might also have names, which might hint at a story, but still link the reader to the table of contents rather than anything else. |
| [[Blue Ocean]] by Louigi Verona is a classical self-referential book. | [[Blue Ocean]] by Louigi Verona is a classical self-referential book. | ||