diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 9136050..3630a44 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 * Thomas Ballinger <thomasballinger@gmail.com>
 * Morten Linderud <mcfoxax@gmail.com>
 * Guillermo Vayá <guivaya@gmail.com>
-
+* Ralph Möritz <ralph.moeritz@outlook.com>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 044150d..f5edc74 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+Changes from Hy 0.9.8
+
+  [ Syntax Fixes ]
+
+    * Macros are now module-specific, and must be required when used. (KH)
+    * Added a few more string escapes to the compiler (Thomas Ballinger)
+    * Keywords are pseudo-callable again, to get the value out of a dict. (PT)
+    * Empty expression is now the same as an empty vector. (Guillermo Vaya)
+
+  [ Language Changes ]
+
+    * HyDicts (quoted dicts or internal HST repr) are now lists
+      that compiled down to dicts by the Compiler later on. (ND)
+    * Macros can be constants as well. (KH)
+    * Add eval-when-compile and eval-and-compile (KH)
+    * Add break and continue to Hy (Morten Linderud)
+    * Core language libraries added. As example, I've included `take` and
+      `drop` in this release. More to come (PT)
+
+  [ Misc. Fixes ]
+
+    * Ensure compiler errors are always "user friendly" (JD)
+    * Hy REPL quitter repr adjusted to match Hy syntax (Morten Linderud)
+    * Windows will no longer break due to missing readline (Ralph Moritz)
+
+
 Changes from Hy 0.9.7
 
   [ Syntax Fixes ]
diff --git a/hy/cmdline.py b/hy/cmdline.py
index 0393e6a..cc262b1 100644
--- a/hy/cmdline.py
+++ b/hy/cmdline.py
@@ -24,28 +24,24 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-import ast
-import code
 import optparse
-import os
-import readline
+import code
+import ast
 import sys
 
 import hy
 
+from hy.importer import ast_compile, import_buffer_to_module
 from hy.lex.states import Idle, LexException
 from hy.lex.machine import Machine
 from hy.compiler import hy_compile
 from hy.core import process
-from hy.importer import ast_compile, import_buffer_to_module
+from hy.completer import completion
 
-import hy.completer
-
-from hy.macros import macro, require
 from hy.models.expression import HyExpression
 from hy.models.string import HyString
 from hy.models.symbol import HySymbol
-
+from hy.macros import macro, require
 
 _machine = Machine(Idle, 1, 0)
 
@@ -185,23 +181,15 @@ def run_repl(hr=None):
     sys.ps1 = "=> "
     sys.ps2 = "... "
 
-    history = os.path.expanduser("~/.hy-history")
-    readline.parse_and_bind("set blink-matching-paren on")
+    with completion():
+        if not hr:
+            hr = HyREPL()
 
-    try:
-        readline.read_history_file(history)
-    except IOError:
-        open(history, 'a').close()
+        hr.interact("{appname} {version}".format(
+            appname=hy.__appname__,
+            version=hy.__version__
+        ))
 
-    readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
-
-    if not hr:
-        hr = HyREPL()
-    hr.interact("{appname} {version}".format(
-        appname=hy.__appname__,
-        version=hy.__version__
-    ))
-    readline.write_history_file(history)
     return 0
 
 
diff --git a/hy/completer.py b/hy/completer.py
index d02be23..4a6df63 100644
--- a/hy/completer.py
+++ b/hy/completer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Gergely Nagy <algernon@madhouse-project.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2013 James King <james@agentultra.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Thom Neale <twneale@gmail.com>
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Will Kahn-Greene <willg@bluesock.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Ralph Moritz <ralph.moeritz@outlook.com>
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -18,6 +25,21 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+import os
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+docomplete = True
+
+try:
+    import readline
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        import pyreadline.rlmain
+        import pyreadline.unicode_helper  # NOQA
+        import readline
+    except ImportError:
+        docomplete = False
+
 import hy.macros
 import hy.compiler
 
@@ -58,10 +80,27 @@ class Completer(object):
             return None
 
 
-try:
-    import readline
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-else:
-    readline.set_completer(Completer().complete)
-    readline.set_completer_delims("()[]{} ")
+@contextmanager
+def completion(completer=None):
+    delims = "()[]{} "
+    if not completer:
+        completer = Completer()
+
+    if docomplete:
+        readline.set_completer(completer.complete)
+        readline.set_completer_delims(delims)
+
+        history = os.path.expanduser("~/.hy-history")
+        readline.parse_and_bind("set blink-matching-paren on")
+
+        try:
+            readline.read_history_file(history)
+        except IOError:
+            open(history, 'a').close()
+
+        readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
+
+    yield
+
+    if docomplete:
+        readline.write_history_file(history)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7fac3f3..38ef5f5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,16 +22,20 @@
 
 from hy import __appname__, __version__
 from setuptools import setup
-
+import os
 
 long_description = """Hy is a Python <--> Lisp layer. It helps
 make things work nicer, and lets Python and the Hy lisp variant play
 nice together. """
 
+install_requires = []
+if os.name == 'nt':
+    install_requires.append('pyreadline==2.0')
 
 setup(
     name=__appname__,
     version=__version__,
+    install_requires=install_requires,
     scripts=[
         "bin/hy",
         "bin/hyc",