Here's a listing of some of the hard volume resources I had on hand while assembling Hot Electric
Remember that I stuffed these notions into my head and shook them vigorously, looked in and more often than not came up with "Try Again."  So the authors and their works listed here should be in no way held responsible for my desecration.

• A concise history of Painting from Giotto to Cezanne  by Michael Levey
• In and out the Garbage Pail  by Fredrick Solomon Perls
• HTML complete  (whole bunch of editors)
• Mythic Astrology by Ariel Guttman & Kenneth Johnson
• Witches    by       Hans Holzer
• Complete idiots guide  Wicca and Witchcraft  by  Denise Zimmermann and Katherine A.Gleason
• THE ENOCHIAN TAROT  by Gerald and Betty Schueler
• Tarot for Beginners     by   P.Scott Hollander
• The Complete Guide to the Tarot  by Eden Gray
• Principles of Development Lewis Wolpert (Rosa Beddington, Jeremy Brockes, Thomas Jessell, Peter Lawrence, Elliot Meyerowitz)  I should probably get a more current edition.
• Personology by Gary Goldschneider
• The Illustrated Atlas of the Universe by Mark A Garlick (Wil Tirion)
• Astronomy the definitive guide by Robert Burnham, Alan Dyer, Jeff Kanipe, (Wil Tirion)
• Essential Astronomy  by Cynthia Phillips and Shana Priwer                                                                The former three ended up being references along side wikipedia
• Websters Universal Encyclopedic Dictionary

As it turns out many of these were mostly useful in setting some of the mood.

J.L. Dobias Author of Cripple-Mode: Hot Electric