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Girl Genius

12 books in reading order by Foglio, Phil

New to Girl Genius? Start with book 1, Agatha Heterodyne And The Airship City.

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  1. Agatha Heterodyne And The Airship City

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    Agatha Heterodyne And The Airship City

    by Foglio, Phil

    The Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare. It has been eighteen years since the Heterodyne Boys, benevolent adventurers and inventors, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Today, Europe is ruled by...

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  2. Agatha Heterodyne And The Monster Engine

    Book 2

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Monster Engine

    by Foglio, Phil

    In the third Girl Genius collection, Agatha Heterodyne gains an ally in Krosp, a talking cat, and finds herself growing close to Gilgamesh, the Baron's son, who tells her that...

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  3. Agatha Heterodyne And The Siege Of Mechanicsburg

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Siege Of Mechanicsburg

    by Foglio, Phil

    Agatha Heterodyne has taken control of Castle Heterodyne, an artificially intelligent fortress, and the Doom Bell has rung to acknowledge her as the rightful ruler of the town of Mechanicsburg....

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  4. Agatha Heterodyne And The Guardian Muse

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Guardian Muse

    by Foglio, Phil

    Agatha finds a hidden laboratory in Castle Heterodyne, her mother's old and long-abandoned workshop, and with it a guardian that is not what it seems. With Gil and Tarvek, she...

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  5. Agatha Heterodyne And The Clockwork Princess

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Clockwork Princess

    by Foglio, Phil

    Intrigue! Subterfuge! Circus Folk! In a time when the Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare, mad science rules the world? with mixed success. With the help of Krosp, Emperor...

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  6. Agatha Heterodyne And The Beetleburg

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Beetleburg

    by Foglio, Phil

    "In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the world ... with mixed success."--Cover p. 4.

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  7. Agatha Heterodyne And The Circus Of Dreams

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Circus Of Dreams

    by Foglio, Phil

    It is more Sci Fi than Fantasy and is a great example of where the sub-genre started and how it's grown

    Agatha's airship crashes in the Wastelands, where she encounters a traveling circus in which she hides from Baron Wulfenbach. While with the circus, Agatha trains with the circus's expert swordswoman...

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  8. Agatha Heterodyne And The Golden Trilobite

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Golden Trilobite

    by Foglio, Phil

    While at a fairy-tale castle on a mountain pass, Agatha Heterodyne faces a deadly threat that could destoy her mind.

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  9. Agatha Heterodyne And The Heirs Of The Storm

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Heirs Of The Storm

    by Foglio, Phil

    "Agatha has finally made it to her ancestral castle, but so has a whole crowd of her friends - and enemies! Worse, the lives of two them are in danger,...

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  10. Agatha Heterodyne And The Sleeping City

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Sleeping City

    by Foglio, Phil

    "In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the world ... with mixed success."--Page 4 of cover.

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  11. Agatha Heterodyne And The Chapel Of Bones

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Chapel Of Bones

    by Foglio, Phil

    "In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the world ... with mixed success."--Page 4 of cover.

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  12. Agatha Heterodyne And The Hammerless Bell

    Agatha Heterodyne And The Hammerless Bell

    by Foglio, Phil

    Kaja Foglio and Brian Snoddy A graphic novel series that follows a female protagonist trying to become a mad scientist in a world where mad science is the name of the game and has an almost magical quality.

    "This material originally appeared from November 2010 to November 2011 at www.girlgenius.net"--T.p. verso.

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