Literature Links
by William Eric McFadden

revision 20230114-1423

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"Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of.
But do it in private, and wash your hands afterward."--Woodrow Wilson Smith

Athens Public Library
Ohio University Libraries (new URL)
OhioLINK

Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Urban Dictionary
Roger's Profanisarous

Amazon.com
AbeBooks.com--search-engine for out-of-print books

World Wide Words -- "Michael Quinion writes on international English from a British viewpoint"

Baen Free Library--SF in various ebook formats

Standard eBooks--"a collection of high quality, carefully formatted, accessible, open source, and free public domain ebooks that meet or exceed the quality of commercially produced ebooks"
The Literature Network--searchable online literature
Bibliomania--"the best classic books and reference on the web"
Project Gutenberg--"fine literature digitally re-published"
Project Gutenberg Australia--"a treasure-trove of literature"
Bartleby.com--"Great Books Online"
The Electronic Text Center at University of Virginia, including some of the works of Mark Twain (gone?)

Galaxy Magazine at archive.org
Amazing Stories at archive.org

LibriVox--"acoustical liberation of books in the public domain"


Then, suddenly again, Christopher Robin, who was still looking at the world, with this chin in his hands, called out "Pooh!"

"Yes?" said Pooh."

"When I'm--when--Pooh!"

"Yes, Christopher Robin?"

"I'm not going to do Nothing any more."

"Never again?"

"Well, not so much. They won't let you."

Pooh waited for him to go on, but he was silent again.

"Yes, Christopher Robin?" said Pooh helpfully.

"Pooh, when I'm--you know--when I'm not doing Nothing, will you come up here sometimes?"

"Just Me?"

"Yes, Pooh."

"Will you be here too?"

"Yes, Pooh, I will be, really. I promise I will be, Pooh."

"That's good," said Pooh.

"Pooh, promise you won't forget about me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred."

Pooh thought for a little.

"How old shall I be then?"

"Ninety-nine."

Pooh nodded.

"I promise," he said.

Still with his eyes on the world Christopher Robin put out a hand and felt for Pooh's paw.

"Pooh," said Christoper Robin earnestly, "if I-- if I'm not quite--" he stopped and tried again-- "Pooh, whatever happens, you will understand, won't you?"

"Understand what?"

"Oh, nothing." He laughed and jumped to his feet. "Come on!"

"Where?" said Pooh.

"Anywhere," said Christopher Robin.

* * *
So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.

A History of Winnie-the-Pooh at Pooh Corner by Peter Dennis


Matthew Looney by Jerome Beatty, Jr., at wikipedia

Notes on The Once and Future King at England Have My Bones by Jason W. Moulder & Marcus Schaefer

E. Nesbit's The Railway Children at The Victorian Women Writers Project.

Mythweb--Greek Mythology

Tolkien Online
The J.R.R. Tolkien Information Page


And the sight which met my eyes was that of a slender, girlish figure, similar in every detail to the earthly women of my past life... Her face was oval and beautiful in the extreme, her every feature was finely chiseled and exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of coal black, waving hair, caught loosely into a strange yet becoming coiffure. Her skin was of a light reddish copper color, against which the crimson glow of her cheeks and the ruby of her beautifully molded lips shone with a strangely enhancing effect... She was as destitute of clothes as the green Martians who accompanied her; indeed, save for her highly wrought ornaments she was entirely naked, nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her perfect and symmetrical figure. -- Captain John Carter upon seeing Dejah Thoris in Edgar Rice Burrough's A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs, selected books:

Barsoom series
A Princess of Mars (1912) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML - Gutenberg: ebook | MP3 | MP3
The Gods of Mars (1914) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML - Gutenberg: ebook | ebook | MP3
The Warlord of Mars (1918) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML - Gutenberg: ebook | MP3
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML - Gutenberg: ebook | MP3
The Chessmen of Mars (1922) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML - Gutenberg: ebook | MP3
The Master Mind of Mars (1928) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
A Fighting Man of Mars (1931) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
Swords of Mars (1936) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
Synthetic Men of Mars (1940) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
Llana of Gathol (1948) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
John Carter of Mars (1964) → Wikipedia - Barsoomian.net: HTML - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML

Venus series
Pirates of Venus (1934) → Wikipedia - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
Lost on Venus (1935) → Wikipedia - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
Carson of Venus (1939) → Wikipedia - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
Escape on Venus (1946) → Wikipedia - Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
The Wizard of Venus (1970) → Wikipedia

Moon series (1926) (Wikipedia)
Part 1: The Moon Maid → Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML
Part 2: The Moon Men → Gutenberg Australia: HTML
Part 3: The Red Hawk → Gutenberg Australia: text | HTML

Other Science Fiction
Beyong the Farthest Star (1941) → Wikipedia - Gutenberg Australia: HTML
Beyond Thirty aka The Lost Continent (1916) → Wikipedia - Gutenberg Australia: HTML

means I've read this book

Edgar Rice Burroughs at Wikipedia
Barsoomian.net -- "WebBooks of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Barsoom series"
Edgar Rice Burroughs Listserve, with Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project


Terry Pratchett at L-Space Web
Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, in reading order:

Rincewind Series
The Colour of Magic (1983)
The Light Fantastic (1986)
Sourcery (1988)
Eric (1990)
Interesting Times (1994)
The Last Continent (1998)
The Last Hero (2001)
Unseen Academicals (2009)

The City Watch Series
Guards! Guards! (1989)
Theatre of Cruelty (1993; short story; link)
Men at Arms (1993)
Feet of Clay (1996)
Jingo (1997)
The Fifth Elephant (1999)
Night Watch (2002)
Thud! (2005)
Snuff (2011)

The Witches Series
Equal Rites (1987)
Wyrd Sisters (1988)
Witches Abroad (1991)
Lords and Ladies (1992)
Maskerade (1995)
Carpe Jugulum (1998)
The Sea and Little Fishes (2005; short story)

Death/Susan Series
Mort (1987)
Reaper Man (1991)
Soul Music (1994)
Hogfather (1996)
Thief of Time (2001)
Death and What Comes Next (2002; short story; link)

Industrial Revolution
Moving Pictures (1990)
The Truth (2000)
Monstrous Regiment (2003)

Moist von Lipwig Series
Going Postal (2004)
Making Money (2007)
Raising Steam (2013)

Tiffany Aching Series
The Wee Free Men (2003)
A Hat Full of Sky (2004)
Wintersmith (2006)
I Shall Wear Midnight (2010)
The Shepherd's Crown (2015)

Stand-alone Books
Pyramids
Troll Bridge (1992; short story)
Small Gods (1992)
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001)
A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices (2005; short story; link)

means I've read this book or have listened to the BBC radioplay

Terry Pratchett's Discworld at Wikipedia


The Travis McGee series by John MacDonald, in order:

  1. The Deep Blue Good-Bye, May 1964
  2. Nightmare in Pink, May 1964
  3. A Purple Place for Dying
  4. The Quick Red Fox, October 1964
  5. A Deadly Shade of Gold, February 1965
  6. Bright Orange for the Shroud, September 1965
  7. Darker than Amber, June 1966
  8. One Fearful Yellow Eye, January 1967
  9. Pale Gray for Guilt, February 1968
  10. The Girl in the Pale Brown Wrapper, January 1969
  11. Dress her in Indigo, September 1969
  12. The Long Lavender Look, October 1970
  13. A Tan and Sandy Silence, January 1972
  14. The Scarlet Ruse, July 1973
  15. The Turquoise Lament, June 1974
  16. The Dreadful Lemon Sky, September 1975
  17. The Empty Copper Sea
  18. The Green Ripper, June 1980
  19. Free Fall in Crimson, December 1981
  20. Cinnamon Skin, 1982
  21. The Lonely Silver Rain, 1985

John MacDonald's Travis McGee, a site by Marty Warble


Spider Robinson's Official Website
The PC Game "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon" is available here


"The purpose of having the sun go low in the evenings, in the summer, especially in parks," said the
voice earnestly, "is to make girls' breasts bob up and down more clearly to the eye. I am convinced
that this is the case." -- Douglas Adams, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish

Douglas Adams--official web site
XVR27's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Links
42 Douglas Adams Quotes to Live By at BBC Radio 4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game — 30th Anniversary Edition at BBC Radio 4; the web-based version of the class 1984 Infocom text adventure game


A Heinlein Concordance by M.E. Cowan


"...young girls should be kissed thoroughly and often."--Orson Scott Card, Shadow Puppets

Hatrack River--the official website of Orson Scott Card

James Bond books by Ian Fleming, in order:

  1. Casino Royale, 1953
  2. James Bond takes on Russian spy and SMERSH operative Le Chiffre and falls in love with and loses Vesper Lynd.
  3. Live and Let Die, 1954
  4. James Bond traces lost British Treasure to Mr. Big in America and Jamaica; meets Felix Leiter and Quarrel, and falls in love with Solitaire.
  5. Moonraker, 1955
  6. Who is Sir Hugo Drax? Bond stops him from hitting London with a missile.
  7. Diamonds are Forever, 1956
  8. James Bond fights diamond smugglers in Africa, England, and America, works again with Felix Leiter, and falls in love with Tiffany Case.
  9. From Russia with Love, 1957
  10. James Bond is targeted by SMERSH with the lovely Tatiana Romanova as bait.
  11. Dr. No, 1958
  12. Why was Strangways killed? James Bond fights guano-selling Dr. No in the Caribbean, works again with Quarrel, and meets Honey Rider.
  13. Goldfinger, 1959
  14. James Bond fights SMERSH agent Auric Goldfinger, and meets Jill Masterson and Pussy Galore.
  15. For Your Eyes Only, 1960
  16. James Bond in five short stories:
    A View to a Kill -- Who killed the motorcycle dispatch rider?
    For Your Eyes Only -- As a favor to M, Bond kills the murderers of the Havelocks and meets Judy Havelock bent on the same task.
    Quantum of Solace -- Bond is told a story of marital abuse
    Risico -- Bond traces heroin smuggled from Italy into England.
    The Hildebrand Rarity -- Bond helps an abused wife escape her abusive husband.
  17. Thunderball, 1961
  18. James Bond vs. Emile Largo and SPECTRE in the Caribbean, meets lovely Domino, and works again with Felix Leiter. Ernst Stravro Blofeld is introduced.
  19. The Spy who Loved Me, 1962
  20. James Bond rescues damsel-in-distress Vivien Michel from two hardened killers.
  21. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963
  22. Bond fights Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE, and marries--and loses--Tracy Devicenzo.
  23. You Only Live Twice, 1964
  24. Under the direction of Tiger Tanaka in Japan, Bond fights Dr. Guntram Shatterhand in the "Castle of Death". Bond has an affair with Kissy Suzuki and she has his child.
  25. The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965
  26. Bond is sent to kill Francisco Scaramanga and works with Felix Leiter and Mary Goodnight.
  27. Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 1966
  28. James Bond in three short stories:
    Octopussy -- Bond is sent to Jamaica to give Dexter Smythe a chance to turn himself in for a murder.
    The Living Daylights -- Bond is sent to kill a sniper.
    The Property of a Lady -- Is Maria Freudenstein a double-agent?

Ian Fleming Centre--the official website of Ian Fleming Publications, Ltd.
007Forever


"With the beauty of Aphrodite, the wisdom of Athena, the strength of Hercules, and the speed of Mercury,
she brings to America woman’s eternal gifts—love and wisdom! Defying the vicious intrigues of evil
enemies and laughing gaily at all danger, Wonder Woman leads the invincible youth of America against the
threatening forces of treachery, death, and destruction." — A Spy in the Office, Sensation Comics #3, March 1942

"(William Moulton) Marston’s Wonder Woman was a Progressive Era feminist, charged with fighting evil, intolerance,
destruction, injustice, suffering, and even sorrow, on behalf of democracy, freedom, justice, and equal rights for
women." — The Secret History of Wonder Woman, Jill Lepore

Wonder Woman & Diana Prince at Wikipedia

AmazonArchives.org — "History of the Amazing Amazon"

The Secret History of Wonder Woman (book) by Jill Lepore at archive.org

The Surprising Origin Story of Wonder Woman (article) at Smithsonian Magazine by Jill Lepore
The Last Amazon: Wonder Woman Returns (article) at The New Yorker by Jill Lepore
Wonder Woman's Unwinnable War (article) at The New Yorker by Jill Lepore



Disclaimer:

This is a collection of links that I have found useful or interesting, either professionally or personally. It is maintained for my own use, and is subject to change at any time. No claims are made to completeness, accuracy, or competence. No endorsement of any site, individual, product, or corporation is intended. With these caveats, anyone is welcome to browse these links or to use this page.

Attributions:

Image for "Uncouth Sleuth" book cover was scanned from paper and is posted with the permission of Dean Yeagle who retains copyright.
Pooh and Christopher Robin--from The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne