Category Archives: Places

Oz in Four Parts

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

It seems that the division of Oz into separate countries is rather too neat, with all four countries being roughly the same size and shape, and each one color-coded. Is this just part of its being a magical fairyland, or … Continue reading →

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Looking for Oz in All the Wrong Places

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Where is Oz located? Of course, Oz isn’t really anywhere, being a made-up country, but what fun is that? L. Frank Baum wrote of Oz as being just as real as the United States, or whatever other country a reader … Continue reading →

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What Did the Wogglebug Map?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

When a set of maps was used for the endpapers of Tik-Tok of Oz, L. Frank Baum placed these maps within his fictional universe by crediting them to Professor Wogglebug. He then started mentioning the maps in his stories, as … Continue reading →

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Bunnyburied

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

I’m running out of ideas for Oz posts, but I did notice that I haven’t yet said much about Bunnybury. I mentioned it here, but only in passing, so I might as well go into more detail now. Bunnybury is … Continue reading →

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Imagi-National Studies

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Just as Middle-Earth is a European fantasy land, Oz is an American one. That said, does its geography have any basis in that of the United States? I would say there’s some. In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the eastern … Continue reading →

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Up with Gillikins

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

In my apparently ongoing quest to connect Alphonse Mucha’s artwork with Oz, he had a picture called “Princess Hyacinth,” and there’s a Queen Hyacinth in The Giant Horse of Oz. Okay, I don’t know that they’re that similar in appearance, … Continue reading →

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Urban Oz

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

As I’m sure you know, if only from the MGM movie, the Emerald City is the capital of the Land of Oz. It’s also the only real city in the country. Sure, there are other places with “city” in the … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Yew?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

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 →

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Thi Master

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

One of the odd communities that seem to show up whenever an Oz book needs a bit of padding is the city of Thi, which appears in The Lost Princess of Oz. Located in the wild part of the Winkie … Continue reading →

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Maguire’s Wicked World

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Out of Oz, by Gregory Maguire – The fourth and presumably final volume in Maguire’s Wicked series ties up many of the loose ends left in the other three. I have somewhat mixed feelings on Maguire’s books, due to being … Continue reading →

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