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This might be a play on one of the many Dungeon-master manuals available for the role-playing game [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. There is a very large thick Bestiary of known and semi-mythical animals, together with lists of demons, demiurges, monstrosities, flukes, and ill-tempered sendings derived from most of the world's major mythologies and several fictional ones. It may even be called the Monster Companion.
This might be a play on one of the many Dungeon-master manuals available for the role-playing game [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. There is a very large thick Bestiary of known and semi-mythical animals, together with lists of demons, demiurges, monstrosities, flukes, and ill-tempered sendings derived from most of the world's major mythologies and several fictional ones. It may even be called the Monster Companion.
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A similarly titled book, the "Monster Book of Monsters" is used as a text book by Harry Potter in J.K. Rawling's novel, <i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.</i>  Perhaps one author is paying tribute to another?  
A similarly titled book, the "Monster Book of Monsters" is used as a text book by Harry Potter in J.K. Rawling's novel, <i>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.</i>  Perhaps one author is paying tribute to another?  



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The Monster Book of Monsters, by Professor Cuvee of Unseen University.

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This might be a play on one of the many Dungeon-master manuals available for the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. There is a very large thick Bestiary of known and semi-mythical animals, together with lists of demons, demiurges, monstrosities, flukes, and ill-tempered sendings derived from most of the world's major mythologies and several fictional ones. It may even be called the Monster Companion.

A similarly titled book, the "Monster Book of Monsters" is used as a text book by Harry Potter in J.K. Rawling's novel, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Perhaps one author is paying tribute to another?