I need a favor. During a recent cross-time trip to Narnia to [del]loot the White Witch’s palace of useful magical trinkets[/del] assist Father Christmas in the distribution of Yule gifts, I carelessly left behind my copy of the Season 5 Firefly BluRay set. I’m going to have a hard time replacing it. The Universal Library was recently destroyed by several hundred million flaming bees, and the alternate Earth where Firefly lasted that long in the first place was obliterated by a mysterious antimatter meteor–two events in which, incidentally, I deny any involvement. Nor can I just pop back into Narnia. My visit was timed to occur during the six hours or during which Aslan was dead, and I find it best to avoid the Great Lion’s jurisdiction at any other time.
In short, I need a volunteer to take a two-seater Burroughs-Libby buggy there, grab the dics, and bring 'em back. Whoever agrees will be allowed use of the buggy for one week of his or her personal time, during which you’ll be able to visit any children’s-story universe you want – Narnia, Where the Wild Things Are, etc – and take whatever adventures come to you. And, of course, you can take a guest.
Little House on the Prairie. The books, not the TV abomination. I’d like to make butter with Ma and color it with carrot juice, watch Pa make bullets and listen to his fiddle as I fell asleep.
Best specify exactly when in Narnia. I’m not giving you hosers access to the verniers, so you’ll have to use the voice controls; and if you just say “Narnia” without being specific, you might wind up during the Hundred Year Winter, which would be a bad place for at least four reasons I can come up with off the top of my head.
The beautiful and cozy, though melancholy, rural landscapes of “Wind in the Willows”, “Frog and Toad…”, and 100 Acre Wood appeal to me, even though they don’t offer anything otherwordly beyond talking animals.
For otherworldly stuff, I was going to suggest Earthsea – so much to map and explore - but only if I could pack a lot of Dramamine.
