A lot of open world games like Fallout 4 are popular because they allow us to fulfil a number of fantasies. For example: you may want to know the macabre thrill of killing a person, or stealing without real-world consequences. Or maybe you want to sit quietly in a corner while you poke your irradiated nose into a classic novel.
For those who like to bask in the greatest literary works in human history – and shoot lasers at Super Mutants – this Fallout 4 mod could be just what you’re looking for. User Guido500 brings us the second part of their endeavor to inject historically significant books into the wasteland, with “Book Collector II.”
With this mod, you’ll get access to 73 of the finest works of literature ever printed, from George Orwell to Cervantes to Jane Austen to Dostoevsky. These books have been placed throughout the Commonwealth, and you’ll find them in cabins, shacks, diners, officers, and some exterior locations. The mod is also compatible with the maligned Fallout 4 next-gen update.
We’re just missing some peppermint tea
What’s interesting about this mod is that it actually allows you to read these texts. Well, parts of them, at the very least. There’s also a quest that will begin once you reach Level 2, which is optional but will lead you to these masterpieces.
Of course, Guido500 had to be a bit cautious when putting these books together and making them available to read. In the description, they say they didn’t want to add in more modern fiction, as “many of these are not yet in the public domain.” This is why you won’t see anything by Hemingway or Nabakov or, I don’t know, Richard Osman.
I also mentioned that this was part two. You can also get the first book collector mod, which adds in western philosophy texts. Nothing says “survival in a post-apocalyptic wasteland” like scoffing down the dense work of Heidegger, Wittgenstein, or Russell.
