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Self-Promotion in Oz
You may have noticed I haven’t been writing many Oz posts recently, because quite frankly (or should that be L. Frank-ly?) I’m pretty much out of ideas. I’m going back to the fabulous fairyland now, however, to promote a project … Continue reading
Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors
Tagged kim mcfarland, mike conway, movie trailers, mycroft mason, nicki haladay, oz: the great and powerful, oziana, paul dana, paul ritz, sam milazzo, shawn maldonado
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What Happened to Yew?
In The Enchanted Island of Yew, L. Frank Baum wrote about a fantasy land that bears some resemblance to his other locations, but has no clear connections to them. The story involves a female fairy who is transformed into a … Continue reading
One Good Witch Deserves Another
The theme of the 2011 Oziana is possible explanations for mysteries in the Oz series. We begin with David Tai’s “Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought, Alone,” which gives the Glass Cat’s inner monologue upon having her pink brains replaced … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged blinkie, bungle the glass cat, cryptic conversations in a cornfield, david tai, glinda, his majesty the scarecrow of oz, hugin and munin, jenny everywhere in oz, kass stone, marilynn strasser olson, odin, oziana, scarecrow, the baum bugle, the royal book of oz, the scarecrow of oz, voyaging through strange seas of thought alone, walter squire, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches
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That’s So Raven
I’m sure you all know I’m a fan of both Oz and mythology, and I’ve noticed that some writers of apocryphal Oz stories like to combine the two. There’s a fair amount of objection whenever this sort of thing comes … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Discworld, Jeff Rester, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Terry Pratchett
Tagged cryptic conversations in a cornfield, geri and freki, hogfather, hugin and munin, loki, odin, oziana, pastoria, ravens, scarecrow, sleipnir, svadilfari, the lost king of oz
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A Bugle Call to Action
Since I just recently received my copies of the Autumn 2011 Baum Bugle and Oziana 38, I might as well say a bit about them. First, the Bugle. Be that as it may, this issue includes an article by Ruth … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, David Tai, Gina Wickwar, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged bud and the red jinn, executive decisions, hungry tiger, mermaids, mombi, oziana, ozma, polychrome, polychrome visits the sea fairies, prince bobo, queen zixi of ix, richard tuerk, rinkitink in oz, ruth berman, the bashful baker's honeymoon, the baum bugle, the pearl and the pumpkin, the sea fairies, the tin woodman of oz, thy fearful symmetry, tin woodman, w. w. denslow
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