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Bookworm is a general name for any insect that is said to bore through books. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The damage to books that is commonly attributed to "bookworms" is often caused by the larvae of various types of insects, including beetles , moths , and cockroaches , which may bore or chew through books seeking food.
In November 2006, PopCap Games released a sequel, Bookworm Adventures. Bookworm was released for the Nintendo DS digital distribution service DSiWare on November 30, 2009. [2] It has also been released on the regular Nintendo DS cartridge. [3] Bookworm is the most downloaded word puzzle game, being downloaded over 100 million times.
The Bookworm, 1850, by Carl Spitzweg. A bookworm or bibliophile is an individual who loves and frequently reads or collects books. Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books. Bibliophiles may have large, specialized book collections. They may highly value old editions, autographed copies, or illustrated versions.
Lex battling Medusa. The player takes on the role of Lex the Bookworm (voiced by the Chief Creative Officer of PopCap, Jason Kapalka) through a number of stages, battling creatures along the way (which are largely based on Greek mythology, One Thousand and One Nights and Gothic fiction, while the foes in the game's sequel are based on fairy tales, Journey to the West and science fiction).
The Lambton Worm, of 15th-century English legend, also made into an opera by Robert Sherlaw Johnson. The Worm of Sockburn, of 14th-century English legend. The Worm of Linton, of 12th-century Scottish legend. The Laidley Worm of Bamburgh. The Mongolian Death Worm, a cryptozoological creature reported to exist in the Gobi Desert.
The Bookworm (1994–2000), a BBC television programme on literature hosted by Griff Rhys Jones; The Bookworm, a villain in the 1960s Batman TV show; The Bookworm, a 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short; Bookworm, a screenplay by David Mamet that became the 1997 movie The Edge "Bookworm, Run!", a 1996 science fiction short story by Vernor Vinge
Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa [5] (Japanese); Kirsten Day [4] (English) Myne and Tuuli's mother who is a seamstress by trade and works at a dye factory. Gunther (ギュンター, Gyuntā) Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Koyama [5] (Japanese); Kaiji Tang [4] (English) Myne and Tuuli's father who works as a soldier and a guard for the city of Ehrenfest. Lutz ...
Bookworm appears in Gotham Academy. This version is A.S. Scarlet. a literary teacher who commits literature-themed crimes, with his real name being given as A.S. Scarlet. [3] Bookworm also appears in the comic series Huntress. This version is Alexander Wyvern, a serial killer who is later killed after tripping one of his own traps.