After you bring the blood back to numb nuts and he enters the machine--or whatever it is-- after he dies and you pick up the Oghma Infinium Hemaeus Mora does not appear. I have all of the unofficial patches and I have tried dropping the book a half dozen times and the SOB still doesn't activate Hemaeus Mora. How can I fix this or end the quest to use this g..damn book? Anyone got any answers? Sorry, I just hate these kinds of glitches.

Spoiler much? I think this thread should be here: http://www.gamesas.com/forum/178-skyrim-cheats-hints-and-spoilers/

Maybe you're right, but I still want to know the answer?!?

Have you tried reloading a previous save(before beginning the quest)?

Firstly I would at least wrap the OP in spoiler tags. Even ask a mod to rename the title to the associated quest.

Considering your sig, I think it's safe to say you are on a PC. Given that, I would look up the quest in the USEP and review the possible bugs and pay attention to the quest stages so you could use the console command to advance through the broken stage.

I did not see any quest stages when i looked it up a few minutes ago in the USEP.

really? i find that hard to believe...

http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Discerning_the_Transmundane#Quest_Stages

I just looked it up. I have the book already, but Hermaeus Mora does not appear at the opening like he normally does. I read somewhere that said try dropping the book and then picking it up and I tried that several times for nothing. It is messed up.

press ~ to bring up the console, and activate the corresponding quest stage.

from the look of the quest stages, try quest stage 60

Are we even certain the Hermi needs to be initiated for the quest to advance?

What does the journal say?

Setstage DA04 100 worked, even though the Oghma Infinium was already in my backpack. It was just that Hermaeus Mora did appear and block the exit out of that stupid machine. Thanks for the assist. It took awhile to remember "setstage." That's what happens when get to be over 65.