* **Ambrose Bierce** — *The Devil’s Dictionary* (1906/1911) *A snarky lexicon—ready-made for Guide-style definitions.* * **Jonathan Swift** — *Gulliver’s Travels* (1726) *Classic travel satire to imaginary places = Guide DNA.* * **Samuel Butler** — *Erewhon* (1872) *Societal inversion; “field notes” format works as Guide entries.* * **Brewer’s** — *Dictionary of Phrase and Fable* (19th-century editions) *Rabbit-hole reference for witty footnotes and in-universe citations.* * **Victorian travel handbooks** — (Baedeker, Murray; various PD editions) *Template for planetary/sector guide pages, packing lists, and warnings.*