Book Chute

 is a character in the The Big Empty in 2281.

Background
The Book Chute is a mechanical device that is located in the Sink. Like other systems in The Sink, it was disabled shortly after Dr. Mobius left the Think Tank for the Forbidden Zone. When his personality back-up is recovered from House #101 (Dr. Klein's House), he speaks with personality akin to a dystopian authority, promising to protect citizens from 'seditious material'; namely, Pre-war books.

Other interactions
The Book Chute converts Pre-war books into Blank Books. These Blank Books can, in turn, be used at a Workbench to create Skill Books. The player will need to acquire the schematics for the skillbook they wish to assemble, 25 Blank Books and two bottles of Wonderglue. He will also take any kind of destroyed book and change it to Blank Books.

The mulching upgrade allows the Book Chute to instead convert the books given to it into mulch.

Behind the Scenes

 * As an easter egg The Book Chute tells you that you can get rid of your own sedition with "A cage that fits over your head and a bag full of molerats." An homage to 1984, when Winston was being tortured in a similar fashion in The Ministry of Truth.


 * Arguably the entire premise of the character is based on 1984, its use inherently similar to the Memory Holes of the Minitrue

Appearances
The appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.