The Adventures of Donald McQueen, Bibliographer!
In the ancient University town of Noxford (which is definitely not Oxford), Donald McQueen is Professor Emeritus of Bibliography and a Fellow of both Timor Mortis College and Unrewley House. McQueen's adventures begin one morning when he finds the ear-trumpet of Death in the anteroom of the Fellows’ Library at his College, and discovers its miraculous power to eavesdrop upon any time or place, any reality, and to hear even the thoughts of the people and animals around him. All the while, he continues his greatest adventure, his quest to uncover the truth about the mysterious Codex Assinorum, which has caused bibliographers so many sleepless hours, and broken teeth. This is a comical adventure for bibliographers, who will complain that there is too little bibliography in it, while non-bibliographers (the benighted majority) will complain that there is too much. The first volume was completed in 2022, and the second, which will answer all those questions, and tie up all the loose ends left dangling in the first, began part-publication in July 2026.
The Adventures of Donald McQueen, Bibliographer!
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The Return of the Mack ... Queen!
Volume II, Chapter 1: The Return of the Mack … Queen!At last, after many years of toil and appeals from members of the bibliographical community to desist, Professor Donald McQueen of Timor Mortis College, Noxford, has completed...
Death Comes for the Librarian (again)!
In this final, bumper, double number of Volume I of Professor McQueen's Adventures, the tragic story of the seven old ladies locked in the laboratory reaches its grisly climax, and the Professor finally remembers to check the smurf tra...
Cripes! It's the Singing Detective Superintendent!
Professor McQueen returns to Timor Mortis College, Noxford, and muses on the history of that "City of leaning spires and ghostly biscuits", before encountering the strange gods, tragedies and robots of Noxford. Cherrytop the Sarcastic Horse aga...
The Napoleon of Bibliographical Crime!
Professor McQueen is missing his cat, so decides to leave the Duodecimo Club (in London's Bibliography Quarter) and return to his lodgings at Timor Mortis College, Noxford. But on the train he meets his nemesis, the worst man in the world, the ...
A Cat called Doggerel: the Sauce of all Knowledge and Wisdom!
In this chapter of his adventures, Professor Donald McQueen wrestles with a great moral and intellectual dilemma – should he use The Ear-Trumpet of Death for entertainment, or reserve it only for academic purposes? A telephone call to ...
