Boy meets girl, Napoleon invades Russia, boy loses girl.


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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum

Book 4. The decay begins to seriously set in.

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Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Book 3

The adventures continue! Not quite so charming. . . despite the title, it opens with Dorothy being swept off at sea, and meeting the chicken Bill in the morning, when she lays an egg -- and talks. Dorothy renames her Billina, and they set out on an island they find.

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The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson

Action and adventure during the War of the Roses.

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Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons by Peter Bebergal

A selection of works from the famous D&D Appendix N.

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The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek

Published in 1944. An analysis of government authority vs. liberty.

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The Ball and the Cross by G.K. Chesterton, illustrated by Ben Hatke

This work touches on steampunk, and fantasy, and dystopian novels. But what it chiefly is is a philosophical thriller.

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People of the Talisman by Leigh Brackett

Stark and a dying friend of his have made camp in the wilderness. The friend gives Stark a talisman to return to his native city, where he stole it.

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The Secret of Sinharat by Leigh Brackett

Stark is on the run from the authorities -- gun-running -- when they catch up to him.  One, it turns out, is his foster father Ashton, who tells him of impending war, the trouble it will bring, and the possibility of escaping prison if he can foil it.  Stark agrees.

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A savage half-breed conquers his tribe, is enslaved and tamed by the white man, and falls in love with a real bitch.


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