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The Northern Caves
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| Name: | The Northern Caves |
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| Creator: | nostalgebraist |
| Date(s): | 1 April 2015 - 23 October 2015 |
| Medium: | online at AO3 |
| Country of Origin: | |
| External Links: | on AO3 |
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The Northern Caves is an original fiction novel by nostalgebraist posted on Archive of Our Own in 2015.
Summary
An online message board devoted to a cult fantasy author wrestles with his baffling final book.
Content
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Reactions & Reviews
- Review responding to chapter 9, Archived version by untiltheseashallfreethem, 2015
- The Northern Caves took over my weekend and now I want to talk about it by landlocked-sea -- login locked
- so i finished reading the northern caves, Archived version review by flyingcookierambles, 2021
- I Went into the Caves, Archived version by thecurioustale, 2025
Nostalgebraist commented, Archived version on his experience with "having a fandom" and the impact of a large number of reviews can have on future creative work, and how it dovetailed with his previous observations about Andrew Hussie's response to the Homestuck fandom.
Fanworks and Related Works
- The Whole Bleak Endless World, Archived version by Ununnilium, 2015
- A Few Short Vignettes, Archived version by orphan_account, 2019
- A Thornbush Tale, Archived version by --Leonard Salby-- (ostrichlittledungeon) , 2022 -- a fan rendering one of the Leonard Salby works mentioned in The Northern Caves
- The Library Unpublished, Archived version by al_fa, 2017 -- another original work that makes reference to "The Northern Caves" (that is, the fictional Leonard Salby manuscript that the nostalgebraist story is largely about)
- meme on tumblr posted by loving-n0t-heyting in 2025 -- it would be nice to track down the source image and see if it's an actual bookbinding or an edited photo. (alt link)