Book Chute

"Ah! Good day, citizen! Library processing unit 232.7 is on-line and ready to eradicate sedition!"

 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. According to dialog, he was also supposed to come equipped with an indoctrination module, but it was stripped to suit the R&D budget. He instead will instruct the player in how to perform a self-indoctrination, involving a small cage and a sack of mole rats.

Other interactions
The Book Chute converts Pre-war books, Large Ruined Books, Large Destroyed Books, Large Scorched Books, Small Ruined Books, and Small Burned 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, 1 copy of the appropriate skill magazine, 25 Blank Books and two bottles of Wonderglue.

The mulching upgrade allows the Book Chute to change clip boards to duct tape and scrap metal & pencils to lead.

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


 * The Book Chute is also likely a reference to the book/movie "Farenheit 451", which centered around "Firemen", a group of authorities who's sole purpose was to collect and burn books.


 * Fun fact: His teeth are arranged in such a manner as to make it impossible for him to close them. Probably making it impossible for him to shred books.

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