Tag Archives: sky island

Country Colors

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Today is L. Frank Baum’s birthday, and I’m making an Oz post. Granted, I do this pretty much every week, but still. Today’s subject is one that comes into play all the way back in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, … Continue reading →

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We’ve Got Your Number

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Picture by John Vernon Lord I mentioned on Twitter last night that, when I hear the number forty-two, I don’t think of Jackie Robinson, but rather of Douglas Adams or Lewis Carroll. I guess that’s largely because I’m just not … Continue reading →

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Please Share My Umbrella

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

In Sky Island, we’re first introduced to Button-Bright‘s Magic Umbrella. This is an old and tattered-looking umbrella with a red elephant’s head on the handle, that has been in his family for generations. The family considers it to be lucky, … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

And You, and You, and You, and You Were There

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

One of the most famous conceits of the 1939 MGM film of The Wizard of Oz is that some of the more prominent Oz characters have counterparts in people Dorothy knows in Kansas. The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion … Continue reading →

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Naughty, Naughty Boolooroo

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

I’ve written about Sky Island and its government before, but not so much specifically about the Boolooroo, the main villain in L. Frank Baum’s Sky Island. “Boolooroo” is actually the title for the King of the Blue Country, but this … Continue reading →

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Frogs in a Fog

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Since I’ve addressed most of the major topics I could think of regarding the Oz books, I’ve been delving more into the minutiae. I’d like to know what you, the readers, think of that. Should I just rope it in … Continue reading →

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