BOOKS BY RICHARD SELTZER

THE NAME OF HERO, an historical novel (hardcover, Tarcher/Houghton
Mifflin, 1981, 290 pp., first edition, autographed on request)

Historical novel based on the life of Alexander Bulatovich. Bulatovich
is impelled by a need to prove himself: first to others, then
to himself, and finally to God. This historical figure (1870-1919)
was, at various times, a soldier, an explorer, a monk, and a religious
leader. His field of action ranged from Tsarist Russia to Ethiopia
to Manchuria to Mount Athos to the Eastern Front in World War I.

The main story takes place in 1900 in the frontier/plains of Manchuria,
with flashbacks to the jungles of Ethiopia, and Russia and the
Ukraine.

The novel was thoroughly researched -- based in part on writings
of Bulatovich himself and his commanding officer in Manchuria,
as well as interviews with his hundred-year-old sister. If you are on 
the Web, you can see a sample at  
http://www.tiac.net/users/samizdat/hero1.html 

THE LIZARD OF OZ, a satiric fable for adults and children (paperback,
B&R Samizdat Express, 1974, 126 pages, illustrated by Christin
Couture, third printing; a few first edition copies with hand-silkscreened
covers available, autographed on request. The story is also available
in the form of a stageplay intended for elementary school, and
as a multi-part radio play.

When an elementary school class sets out on a quest to save the
world from disenchantment, their adventures reveal paradoxes of
the human mind and ways of awakening the magic within us.

o Meet Lewis Carroll in the Underworld: ``I don't understand
everything. I just stand under the world. There are others much
lower who stand under us. There are many levels of understanding.

o Meet Prince Frog, the frog who turned himself into a prince
to make himself lovable: ``It's so good to be loved, but then
it's so comfortable being a frog. I think I'll go down to the
river and croak.''

o Meet Miss Fortune, one of the Mothers of Fact: ``That'll
be the emperor's new clothes. There's a very special fiber for
making it visible. Yes, moral fiber. The emperor has to supply
that himself.''

o Meet Humpty and the little blue wallflower he fell for, Sir
Real, Francis Bacon, the Redcoats, the Mothers of Fact, Joan of
Noah's Ark, Mr. Charon, Mr. Plato, the Witch, the Physicist, King
Arthur, the Knights of the Merry-Go-Round table, Shakespeare,
Daniel Boone, Mr. Marx, Crazy Horse, the Weatherman, Mr. Shermin,
Mrs. O'Rourke, and many more characters.

If you are on the Web, for a sample check
http://www.tiac.net/users/samizdat/liz1.html

NOW AND THEN AND OTHER TALES FROM OME, a short collection of children's
stories. (paperback or hardcover first edition, B&R Samizdat
Express, 1976, 63 pages, autographed on request).

The book consists of four stories:

Now and Then  

``Once upon a space there was a time, a cute little
time. Her name was Now. Her Father was Yesterday, and her mother
was Tomorrow...'' 

If you are on the Web, you can read this one at
http://www.tiac.net/users/samizdat/now.html

Princess Julie 

``Here she was an ordinary princess with a mother who loved her, 
and she was never miserable, and Prince Charming would never 
come to rescue her... unless she made herself miserable.''

The Little Oops Named Ker Plop 

``Once beneath a space there was an oops named Ker Plop. She had fallen 
through that vast empty space and landed in the middle of nowhere.''

Mary Jane's Book: the Book of Animals 

``It was summer vacation, and everything was different: Mary Jane didn't 
have to go to school, and everything she just loved turned into a car, 
all the animals, that is; and May Jane just loved all sorts of animals.''

For information, please send SASE or email to: 

        Richard Seltzer
        PO Box 161
        West Roxbury MA 02132 

Internet: seltzer@samizdat.com

http://www.tiac.net/users/samizdat