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====Literature====
Many types of literature exist in the Imperium. Treatises, monographs, textbooks and other texts are written about a multitude of subjects such as natural philosophy, planetary histories, law and religion.{{Fn|84}} Less serious reading exists as well in the forms poetry, fiction{{Fn|13c}} and pornography.{{Fn|85}}
While physical books do exist in the Imperium, most people don’t read physical books printed on paper. Fewer than one in thirty thousand people ever read anything that isn’t on a [[Dataslate|slate]] or a devotional pamphlet. Still, paper is used and produced on many Imperial worlds{{Fn|86}} although the animal-hide-based [[vellum]] is the most commonly used material for record keeping. Vellum is cheaper and more durable than normal paper or other forms of storing information.{{Fn|32}}
The Imperium and its various organisations are known to keep their important records in their own libraries and archives. These repositories of knowledge vary in size, from a municipal{{Fn|83a}} or an important individual’s personal library{{Fn|84}} to entire [[archive world|archive-worlds]].{{Fn|32}} Bookshops exist as well in the Imperium.{{Fn|81c}}
Two examples of famous Imperial literature are "''[[The Spheres of Longing]]''" written by the [[Inquisitor]] [[Gideon Ravenor]]{{Fn|83b}} and "''[[Reflections and Odes]]''" written by the [[Remembrancer]]-poet [[Ignace Karkasy]]{{Fn|13b}}.
======Texts======
{{main|List of known Imperial literary works}}
======Known Writers======
*[[Leopold Cadmus|Cadmus, Leopold]] — poet.{{fn|52d}}
*[[Ignace Karkasy|Karkasy, Ignace]] — poet.{{fn|13a}}
*[[Mersadie Oliton|Oliton, Mersadie]] — documentarist.{{fn|13a}}
*[[Gideon Ravenor|Ravenor, Gideon]] — inquisitor.{{Fn|8383b}}
*[[Kyril Sindermann|Sindermann, Kyril]] — historian.{{fn|13a}}
*[[Lackland Thorn|Thorn, Lackland]] — documentarist.{{fn|69}}
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|13a}}: ''Dramatis Personae''
**{{Endn|13b}}: ch. 5Part one, Five**{{Endn|13c}}: Part two, Three
*14: [[Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook]]
**{{Endn|14a}}: pgs. 128-129
**{{Endn|81a}}: Prologue
**{{Endn|81b}}: Chapter one
**{{Endn|81c}}: Chapter six
*{{Endn|82}}: [[Renegades: Harrowmaster (Novel)]], ''Radical''
*{{Endn|83}}: [[Hereticus (Novel)]], **{{Endn|83a}}: Two**{{Endn|83b}}: ''Dossier addendum - Notes concerning the key individuals in this account''*{{Endn|84}}: [[The Colonel's Monograph (Novella)]]*{{Endn|85}}: [[Ravenor Returned (Novel)]], Part one, Four*{{Endn|86}}: [[Knights of the Imperium (Novella)]], ''Xenosign''
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