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The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy TaleNovel

L. Frank Baumstandalone novel1901

About magical artifacts and deal with the devil, set in north america.

“Rob Joslyn is an amateur electrical tinkerer, wiring up batteries and motors with more enthusiasm than skill, when one bungled experiment does something no wiring diagram predicted: it summons the Demon of Electricity.”
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The Food of the Gods and How It Came to EarthNovel

H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1904

About genetic engineering and ecological collapse, set in our world.

The Enchanted CastleNovel

E. Nesbitstandalone novel1907

Fantasy, lighthearted in tone, about magical artifacts, set in our world.

“On a dull school holiday, siblings Jerry and Jimmy and their friend Kathleen stumble across a grand, hidden estate in the countryside, with a lake, marble statues, and a maze at its heart.”
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Thursday NextSeries

series8 books2001

Funny in tone, about books and reading, set in contemporary.

“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
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Oxford Time TravelSeries

series6 books1982

Time travel, tense in tone, about survival, set in europe.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
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The Hampdenshire WonderNovel

J. D. Beresfordstandalone novel1911

Reflective in tone, about genetic engineering and identity.

“The child, Victor Stott, is the son of a famous cricket player.”
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