Spirit Authors
On the Open Library General Discussion List, Edward Betts recently posted that, while tidying author records in Open Library, he found 248 authors-as-spirits. Not unknown ghosts or muses, but the spirit of a particular person listed as a spirit. He included the examples below in the post and the full list on his website. $a Abraham $c (Spirit) $a Churchill, Winston $c Sir $d 1874-1965 $c (Spirit) $a Doyle, Arthur Conan $c Sir $d 1859-1930 $c (Spirit) $a Jesus Christ $c (Spirit) $a Shakespeare, William $d 1564-1616 $c (Spirit) For all those fascinated by dead (and undead) media, this is wonderfully rich. Not only doRead More →