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Setting labels used: 1893 Chicago World's Fair, post-World War I, turn of the century, early 20th century, Colorado, New York, London, Göttingen, Venice, Vienna, Balkans, Central Asia, Siberia, Mexico Revolution, postwar Paris, silent-era Hollywood, global setting

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The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At the Edge of Empire

Daniel Kraus · 2015 · The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch

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The Kingdom of Ohio

Matthew Flaming · 2009

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The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Cover of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Claire North · 2014

A man who relives his life after every death must uncover a time-linked conspiracy before history unravels.

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Cover of Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson

Darwinia

Robert Charles Wilson · 1999

After Europe vanishes in 1912, a photographer joins an expedition into the new wilderness and uncovers a reality-shattering secret.

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